I mentioned elsewhere that my current project is to reread Middlemarch. I'm also blogging my way through it. You can read the first installment here.

My August, and probably much of September, is devoted to a close re-reading of Middlemarch.

I absolutely loved the BBC adaptations of Middlemarch, North and South, Bleak House to name of few. But I agree U.S adaptations never seem as good. One of my favorites though was Cold Mountain - loved the book and the movie.

... Captain Corelli's Mandolin 4. Cloud Atlas: A Novel 5. The Inheritance of Loss 6. The Line of Beauty 7. Middlemarch 8. The Moor's Last Sigh 9. Possession: A Romance 10. A Prayer for Owen Meany 10 prizes (recent) 1. Breath Miles Franklin winner of 2009 ...

... by Fyodor Dostoevsky (7) Watchmen by Alan Moore (7) The Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett (7) Middlemarch by George Eliot (7) We should welcome Jeffrey Eugenides to the double-digit club! He joins the ever-present Markus Zusak with The Book Thief that will ...

... to have someone to read Foucault's Pendulum with, so I will let you know when I get ready. I will want to get through Middlemarch and The Knights Templar first in case they help me make sense of Eco. Although, judging by The Name of the Rose, gaming his readers is one of Eco's primary ...

... functional. (Elephant's Child, anyone?) I selected my 1001 reads to represent the full time span covered by the list. Middlemarch is there in case it ties into Foucault's Pendulum.

... and One Nights Tale of a Tub, Jonathan Swift Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen Middlemarch, George Eliot Sandokan: The Tigers of Momprakem, Emilio Salgari Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco Bartleby and Co., Enrique V ...

... Finn 831. Treasure Island Why the hype.. yawn! 840. Anna Karenina 846. Far From the Madding Crowd 853. Middlemarch A tomb but well worth the effort 862. The Moonstone 863. Little Women 875. Silas Marner 880. Woman in White 897. The Scarlett Letter 905. Vanit ...

... that falls into this bracket, the others that I might have got through I have listened to. In short, it felt to me like Middlemarch but better and with humour in it! And I got through it. Thats about a good a recommendation as one can get from me, who has tried and failed to read Pride and P ...

Added The Hobbit and Middlemarch to "classics" The Hobbit J R R Tolkien This is the book that started an industry. Written for children, it is a wonderful piece of magical fiction that was loved by children and adults alike from the 1930s onwards. When Tolkien eventually wrote the more ...

#153 Middlemarch - George Eliot This story is somewhat off my usual fayre. Ostensibly it is a romance story, or rather three romance stories that are intertwined. As such it is a book I never before bothered to read as I would not want my cool macho image to be dented by the sight of me ...

38. Middlemarch (audio book), by George Elliot (****) Category: Classic Literature before 1900 Middlemarch details the ins and outs of various people's lives in the area of Middlemarch. One of the main plot lines follows Dorthea, a so woman passionate to do some sort of good in the ...

The Tale of Genji Don Quixote Tristam Shandy Middlemarch War and Peace Ulysses ....'wishing you a loonnngg vacation!

... Currently reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne, and listening to Middlemarch, by George Elliot on audio book.

... one too much. Your review makes me wonder if I misjudged it, but as you all know, my judgement is faultless! :) I loved Middlemarch and even at 700 pages I plan to read it again one day. Also loved The Mill on the Floss and quite liked Adam Bede. I haven't read Romola or Daniel Deronda ...

... Case of Benjamin Button - Scott Fitzgerald vi. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand vii. The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien viii. Middlemarch - George Eliot ix. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy Category complete

... no bible, koran, etc, as you'll see: 1) Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2) The Crimson Petal and the White 3) Middlemarch 4) Life of Pi 5) The Assassin's Cloak 6 Cannery Row 7) A Prayer For Owen Meany 8) The Deptford Trilogy (well, mine is all in one ...

... - I can't imagine what could be gained by a rereading of The Da Vinci Code but I'd defy anyone to get the best out of Middlemarch on a single reading, unless the only purpose the reader has for reading is a very superficial one of 'wanting to know how it ends' and there is so much more to ...

... desire, and marriage in Victorian England, by Sharon Marcus for the Victorian History Category and listening to Middlemarch, by George Elliot on audio book for the Classic Literature before 1900 Category.

... reread some of the books she addresses (Moby Dick and Wuthering Heights), encourage me to read ones I've never touched (Middlemarch and The Odyssey), and, in one case, affirm my decision to quit a book after the first fourth or so (Crime and Punishment). Recommended.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Crimson Petal and the White and Middlemarch - and I won't want rescuing.

... years will be very exciting (and also expensive--I know because I'm paying for 2 kids in college right now). I agree Middlemarch is a great read, though it requires concentration at times.

Middlemarch Vanity Fair To Kill a Mockingbird Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre Alice in Wonderland Kafka on the Shore All the Pretty Horses The Trial The Odyssey Ditto on how tough it is to narrow it down.

Middlemarch The Grapes of Wrath Captain Corelli's Mandolin The Crimson Petal and the White To Kill a Mocking Bird A Prayer For Owen Meany The Magus The Go-Between Jude the Obscure Life of Pi And keeping it to no more than 10 is one of the hardest things I've ever ...

>101: I love Middlemarch, although it's not exactly a "light" read. >102: well done!!

I've got a slightly worn copy of the FS edition of Middlemarch from 1972 with illustrations by Robin Jacques. PM me for more information/pictures. I'd love to trade it since I just got the recent edition from the Spring Sale.

... that are not rubbish (David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, Our Mutual Friend) or general fiction (The Sea Wolf, Middlemarch, The Cabinet of Curiosities)?

... much about it from this period that treated women decently, and tried to paint a full picture of women in general was Middlemarch by George Eliot, a woman. Other than that, women in novels, during the Victorian era seem paper cutouts of damsels either in distress, just out of distress, or ...

... is complex and is explored by similar characters by other great women writers of the C19th - for example Dorothea in Middlemarch and Margaret in North and South. Jane Eyre is an easy read - I tore through it in a few days but it should probably be digested more slowly given its depth. ...

... Goriot by Balzac, which is written 50 years earlier.) When I compare his writing with his contemporaries (thinking of Middlemarch as an example), his crisp style is much easier to swallow.

Hi Judylou & bonniebooks! Welcome! I only tried Middlemarch as a teenager, and couldn't get into it then. I was hoping it was just an age thing, but unfortunately Silas Marner may have proved that one wrong. I'm just not very good at slow reading, I have this need to turn pages and find out ...

PS Wookie-bender, now that you've coped with Silas Marner (my daughter is studying it this year), try Middlemarch. Totally fascinating, I think, but I'm not sure it's on the 1001 list, but it should be. Runs rings around Silas Marner.

I recently finished Middlemarch, Excavation, Dead Until Dark, "Hosses", and Lord John Grey and the Brotherhood of the Blade. Still reading Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough and thinking of starting Lonesome Gods.

>239. I love Middlemarch. And Arrested Development.

... are all fantastic. But I know some people don't find that kind of humor funny. >238: I'm definitely enjoying Middlemarch, although it took me about 50 pages to realize that it was going to be more fun than a Jane Austen novel (not a huge Austen fan here).

... - Daphne Du Maurier 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 28 Grap ...

... nd. I knew I was going to love this book from the moment I read the epigraph, which is my absolute favourite passage from Middlemarch: "...we should die of that roar that lies on the other side of silence." I was not disappointed. The Knife of Never Letting Go is stunningly good. Patrick Ness ...

>232 Wunderkind, I vote for Middlemarch - simply superb, a five star read. Enjoy all 700 pages! ~ TT

Oh, don't leave Portrait of Lady on the shelf! Like Middlemarch, it's better read slowly. And the silly ocular surface bits are the exception, not the rule. Really, if you liked the other two, you'll probably like this one too.

... psychological action is fascinating. So in my final assessment, I'd say I loved Portrait of a Lady more than I liked Middlemarch, but not quite as much as I loved Anna Karenina. By the way, I've gone back to retry The Beast in the Jungle a few times, and I still can't get past the ...

... good, tight writing and great dialog. The movie follows the book almost to the letter, btw. Still slogging my way through Middlemarch, sigh.

#231: I've got some really good books going (Sometimes a Great Notion, Birds of America, and Middlemarch), they're just taking a while to get through. I can't imagine why, it's not like I'm spreading my reading-attention too thinly or anything...

... Chaucer, much of Milton, much of Dickens, anda scattering of individual works like Tom Jones, Humphry Clinker, Middlemarch, etc. The standard for first rate is exceptionally high. Although I feel that Treasure Island and some of Stevenson's short works like Strange Case of Dr. Je ...

... as "lighter," though. Maybe, "less stylistically challenging" or "not quite so nineteenth centuryish." (I haven't read Middlemarch, so I'm just guessing here). I started Heir to the Shadows by Anne Bishop last night, and I'm in book love. I've had some amazing rereads this year, ...

I just picked up Middlemarch again. I tried reading it in December and put it down after 200 pages. I'm hoping this time around will be better. I may cut it with something lighter. I'm thinking Melusine or James Dean: The Biography...

... by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see how Mendelson's theory worked. I found this book ...

... by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see how Mendelson's theory worked. I found this book ...

... by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see how Mendelson's theory worked. I found this book ...

... by the title of this book as well as the list of novels to be discussed-Frankenstein,Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts. Having read three of the books, I wanted to see how Mendelson's theory worked. I found this book ...

Geez. I would have sworn that I had either read Middlemarch or seen a dramatization of it, but it is now clear that I have done neither. Maybe I just own it and it's on the Mount TBR? Carry on, Tid!

... as he went along. And this comes from someone who is mindlessly devoted to books as large as The Lord of the Rings, Middlemarch, and Les Miserables.

... time following the first world war I would definitely recommend it. Enjoyable, if a bit overlong. Have read some more Middlemarch, which really is an excellent book. Have decided to tackle it in chunks, since it's not necessarily an easy read. Now reading The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy ...

A sure-fire technique is to balance a hardback copy of Middlemarch in a precarious position about 4 feet above your bed head. Any sleepless tossing and turning will result in the book plummeting earthward, delivering the desired effect without delay. Warning: possible side effects may ...

Middlemarch and Crime and Punishment were the only classics I could never finish. Pity, since I was tested on them in English classes!

... nice illustrated hardcover to replace my Dover edition The House on the Strand Corelli's Mandolin Old School Middlemarch Lorna Doone Ex Libris Orient Express -- Graham Greene's novel, not the Agatha Christie novel touchstone gives you The Aran Islands -- the last time I ...

... er. This was a good exciting thriller, with plenty of interesting background detail about the characters. Recommended. Middlemarch is still sidelined at the moment. My excuse is that I'm studying for an exam next week and I only want things which are easy to read in my spare time. Not that I ...

I've only asked for one replacement volume - that was Middlemarch and there was an actual fault on the crushed silk binding (a large fold of silk). I didn't have any qualms about that and I wouldn't if the book was in any way damaged. As for slipcases, well I guess I would if the case was ...

... to consider it a REALLY big book? Over 500? over 600? What to you is a big ol' book? I know obviously the War and Peace, Middlemarch, and the Count of Monte Cristo's, but I'm curious about the slightly smaller but still much bigger than the average 300 page fiction novel. Like Fingersmith ...

... and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (5) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (5) Brick Lane by Monica Ali (5) Middlemarch by George Eliot (5) The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (5) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (5) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (5) Northanger ...

... excellent writer, and this is one of the only books I can think of which gets better as it proceeds. I love the ending. Middlemarch is quite tough going due to the sentence construction, though I intend to stay with it. I used to give up on books a lot when I was younger, and would generally ...

... and have starred your thread. We love many of the same books: Birdsong, A Fine Balance, Night, etc. I also found Middlemarch challenging but very worthwhile. Btw, your comment on the "What Are You Reading Now?" about my current book, A Handful of Dust being excellent, is spot on ...

... And like you it's not a book I would necessarily have chosen if not for LT. I hope you enjoy it to the end. I'm reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. Also due to rave reviews on LT (though lots of people have also disliked it). I'm finding it a bit challenging but also excellent and ...

I agree Middlemarch is excellent so far - I'm finding it slightly more challenging than Austen's books, but more rewarding too. I'm finding it portrays a much more detailed historical and social context of the time it was written.

Middlemarch is excellent - probably much better than your biology text, so I cannot blame you for preferring it!

BTW, I meant the above literally - Middlemarch is my current book - not as an metaphorical indicator of how much I dislike reading about biology!

#175 Thanks - I still haven't really started yet today - I would rather read Middlemarch than a biology text book...

Caught your postings at just the right time. I was surprised how much I enjoyed Middlemarch when I finally sat down to really read it. I had it for years based on some writer's comment that it was her favorite book that she read every year, but when I'd pick it up and read a few pages, ...

Well, well, finally, finally finished Middlemarch. It's a marvelous book. The characters are very real, and some show true growth and change. The plot is almost a soap opera, with mismatched lovers, unhappy marriages, plenty of guilty secrets, ups and downs of fortunes, and lots of fun, ...

... Taylor's A View of the Harbour, because I have a pet theory about Taylor's allusions to the character of Mr. Casaubon in Middlemarch. I'm also tickled by the names Marion Vanbrugh (a man) and Cassandra Dashwood in Taylor's Palladian. More allusions.

... House, too! I think I would be kind of lost with some of the characters if I hadn't seen the mini-series. While I read Middlemarch last year, I wished I had a "character map" to help me remember who was whom and what all the relationships were. I bet that kind of guide would help readers ...

... fourteen, the next on my TBR is The Time Traveller’s Wife (which I have on order) and I know that I have a copy of Middlemarch somewhere. So, that leaves a dozen to be acquired and consumed: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez ...

... the only way to get a fresh start on a stalled author. I'd also recommend very highly the British television production of Middlemarch--it made the story live for me enough to want to read it now. Thanks again for the pix--keep them coming, please.

Middlemarch by George Eliot. 3.5 stars because it was interesting but not enthralling like so many Victorian novels. I read it so that I could have an answer for all the academics who as what I think of it when I say that I like the Victorians. My answer is, "It is apt portrayal of the period, ...

... masterpiece". I'm mostly talking about classic authors. So, for Melville, it's Moby-Dick; for George Eliot, it's Middlemarch. But what happens, for example, with Dostoyevsky. He's got both Karamazov Brothers and Crime and Punishment, to say nothing of The Idiot and Notes Fro ...

... Milton, or Chaucer? Shamefully, I've only read Shakespeare! 21) Austen or Eliot? Austen. I did love Middlemarch, but I love pretty much everything about Jane Austen! 22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Milton and Chaucer ...

... a go. Regarding question 21, if that's the only Eliot you've read then I suggest you try The Mill on the Floss or Middlemarch. I had to study Silas Marner at school and I hated it (and not just because I had to study it at school), but I liked these so much better. I suppose they ...

... is great. 20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare. 21) Austen or Eliot? Only read Austen so far, though Middlemarch is on my tbr. 22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Can't think of anything. 23) What is your favorite novel? Impossible ...

... toyevsky Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Lord of the Rings by T.R.R. Tolkien Middlemarch by George Eliot To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Inferno by Dante (The Divine Comedy) King Lear by Shakespeare Bleak House by Charles Dickens ...

... is great. 20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare. 21) Austen or Eliot? Only read Austen so far, though Middlemarch is on my tbr. 22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Can't think of anything. 23) What is your favorite novel? Impossible ...

... Sedaris or Dave Eggers? See above 20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare 21) Austen or Eliot? Eliot for Middlemarch 22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Classics I guess. I just can't get through anything that is seen as 'classic' in the ...

... Milton, or Chaucer? Boy, that's a tough one, but I will go with Shakespeare 21) Austen or Eliot? Eliot - I love Middlemarch 22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? One of the reasons I read so much is because I know that I do not have a gap in my reading, ...

... - Thomas Hardy 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare--Read most of the plays 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 33 Chronicles ...

... - Thomas Hardy 14 Complete Works of Shakespeare--Read most of the plays 16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh 28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 33 Chronicles ...

>34 Agree with you on Middlemarch lunacat. I read it last year with the 'Group Reads (Literature)' group and got about half way through the printed version then switched to an audio version and suddenly the book became infinitely more manageable! I think it was Nadia May who narrated the one I ...

... for big fat book) Tristram Shandy Life A User's Manual The Goldbug Variations Buddenbrooks Underworld Middlemarch Vanity Fair David Copperfield Bleak House I have The Sleepwalkers home from the library now, and The Man Without Qualities is on my shelf.

... half picks up and moves right along with plenty of insights into many of or Founding Fathers. I'm about 100 pages into Middlemarch and absolutely love it! Don't know how I could have missed it or avoided it. What a sharp pen Eliot had! Oh, and Barrel Fever was quite a disappointment ...

... 17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens 24 War and Peace - Leo T ...

... Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk 18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger 19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger 20 Middlemarch - George Eliot 21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell *22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens 24 War and Peac ...

... in such depth. At any rate, I’d recommend this book to fans of the classics or British literature, but personally I like Middlemarch better.

#34: I love Middlemarch. Glad you enjoyed it.

... the talent of Pratchett or Gaiman but he keeps the story going and requires no effort to read. 3.5 out of 5 36. Middlemarch by George Eliot I listened to this as an audiobook over a few weeks, and definitely feel that this was the way for me to enjoy this. Its the story of a ...

... the syllabus of 11th grade AP American History, Shakespeare, The Old Testament, Carl Sagan’s The Cosmic Connection, Middlemarch, a ton of philosophy I read in college...I can’t go on; the list is too long; I’m unable to limit it; much of it is fiction; much of what really belongs on ...

Reviews pending: 35. Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt 36. Middlemarch by George Eliot 37. The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell 38. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 39. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 40. Freedom's Landing by Anne McCaffrey 41. Freedom's Choi ...

... erFactory.com/ezt/t/wJ8mcmE/savings.png"> End of March reads 35. Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt 36. Middlemarch by George Eliot 37. The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell 38. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 39. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 40. ...

What all those people said about Middlemarch. I still think it's a fabulous book despite having studied it for A-level. "The best of us walk around well-wadded in stupidity.... we would die of the roar that lies just the other side of silence." Awesome. And your kittens are vvvvvvvvvvv cute. My ...

With these recommendations, how could I not add Middlemarch to the huge tbr pile.

For what it is worth, Middlemarch is one of my favorite all time books--a great story, great writing.

So I am reading Middlemarch now. I am almost through The Dead Hand. I decided to read it because whenever I told people that I loved the Victorians, the next question was, "What do you think of Middlemarch?" The novel does have great scope, and it is an interesting portrait of Victorian Socie ...

#249 Severn - you really should give Middlemarch a go - it takes a bit of getting into, but once you do, the characterization is wonderful - I loved it. #244 NOOOO lunacat, don't say things like that! You need to tell me that I mustn't have a cat, because it'd be cruel without a garden and ...

I'll be very interested in knowing what you think of Middlemarch since it's on my TBR pile.

35. Nothing but Blue Skies by Tom Holt (review will come soon) 36. Middlemarch by George Eliot (review pending) 37. The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell (review pending)

13. Title: Middlemarch Author: George Eliot Publisher: N/A Pages: N/A Date Started: 2/18/09 Date Finished: 3/23/09 Genre: Literature Other Information: gutenberg.org read during downtime

... to love the unloveable. Whatever that is, for me, is absent in Nathaniel. Just one of those things. I just finished Middlemarch and really enjoyed it. I'm going to spend the rest of the time remaining to me before going home figuring out what I'm going to read next on gutenberg.org

#11 Middlemarch by George Eliot This is a long book! Over 1000 pages. While I thoroughly enjoyed it, the extremely long sentences were a little difficult to get through sometimes. I often had to read things over because I read the sentance incorrectly. There were a lot of commas in ...

... myself a head start, and am on page 60ish. So far, I like! It is much easier to read than I thought. I was expecting Middlemarch type reading - and no I haven't finished that yet either.

#02 Middlemarch WooHoo! Finally finished it. This book has been reviewed a lot, so no need there. Everyone's taste is different as to why they do or do not like a book - especially a classic. I have not read enough classics to really compare, but I would have to say I liked Tess of the d'Ub ...

... the numbers Stephanie Plum called Plum Spooky and will shortly finish it. A good contrast to the last book I read, Middlemarch by George Eliot but not as hilarious as the last couple of numbers (13 and 14).

... a shelf in a furniture store a beautiful, leather bound edition (in 8 volumes with beautiful marbled edges). I reached for Middlemarch, one of my alltime favorites, and was shocked to find all 8 volumes had been made into a single unit!. Obviously some "decorator' thought they would be much ...

... still wonder at the phenomenon of its popularity); I was heartened to see so many have come to recognize what a masterpiece Middlemarch is, and can only shake my head over the fact that Cold Comfort Farm came in ahead of The Iliad, and most amazing of all, The Odyssey didn't even make the ...

I finished the Mythology book yesterday, so I'm back to Middlemarch for my "downtime" reading. I'm a little more than halfway through and something just occurred which makes me think I'll be able to get through the rest without any more breaks.

War and Peace, Middlemarch, Kristin Lavransdatter, The Forsyte Sagaand, like Ganeshaka, Dickens, Dickens, Dickens, and Dickens!

Some of my favorite long books: Middlemarch by George Eliot War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

... reading:

1. The innocence of father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
2. Fossil circus by John Kaiine
3. Middlemarch by George Eliot
4. The book thief by Markus Zusak
5. Black swan, white raven by Ellen Datlow
6. Snow white, blood red by Ellen Datlow
   biblioholic29 in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 12, 2009, 2:00pm)

   #164: I'm glad you're enjoying it, it's a favorite of mine! I've decided to take a break from Middlemarch, which I've been reading in my downtime at work and read Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome instead, for two reasons. 1: It matches up with the Percy Jackson books I'm ...

   CalamityK in 25 Books in 2009 : CalamityK books for 2009 (Mar 10, 2009, 3:03pm)

   ... to work each day and I'm picking my way through Under the Net. Nothing I've read is anything as challenging as Middlemarch and having spent 3 months reading Anna Karenina last year I know exactly what you are going through Tames! Although I fell in love with the book it was a bit ...

   kswolff in Literary Snobs : Most Britons Have Lied About The Books They Read. (Mar 10, 2009, 12:36pm)

   ... http://maitzenreads.blogspot.com/2007/06/george-eliot-friendly-face-of-unbelief_25.html Now I have extra reason to put Middlemarch on my "To be read" pile.

   geneg in Literary Snobs : Most Britons Have Lied About The Books They Read. (Mar 10, 2009, 10:15am)

   I have actually, truthfully, read Middlemarch. Anyone who says they have and is lying are only cheating themselves of a wonderful experience.

   alcottacre in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jmaloney17's reads in 2009 (Mar 10, 2009, 12:14am)

   Oh, Middlemarch is terrific! The best of Eliot, IMO. Enjoy!

   jmaloney17 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jmaloney17's reads in 2009 (Mar 9, 2009, 4:33pm)

   ... So many terrible things happened to her that I did wish that the happy ending was a little happier. I am now reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. It is about 1000 pages so it may be a bit before I am able to finish it. I have seen this mini-series too. It is set up very different ...

   jmaloney17 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Classics (Mar 9, 2009, 4:21pm)

   I finished Jane Eyre and am on to Middlemarch by George Eliot.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : The Forsyte Saga: An Introduction Part II (Mar 9, 2009, 3:38pm)

   ... haven't they? But TFS describes families and intrigues (soap opera like, imo.), etc. etc, and so do War an Peace and Middlemarch (which are the only two of the five in message 1 I've read), but I'll not define W&P and Middlemarch as soap operas. I'm not sure why. Something called ...

   chrine in Club Read 2009 : Chrine's 2009 Reading (Mar 8, 2009, 9:59pm)

   Hola Murr No, I have not read Middlemarch. Indeed, I'll admit to not having even heard of it before. It does sound interesting. I'm adding it to the TBR list.

   tomcatMurr in Club Read 2009 : Chrine's 2009 Reading (Mar 8, 2009, 5:51am)

   ... Talbin) some of the greatest canonical literature is historical fiction: War and Peace, A Tale of Two Cities, even Middlemarch, it can conceivably be argued, is historical fiction as Eliot consciously set it in 1832, 40 years before the period she was writing in. Chrine, have you ...

   thekoolaidmom in 50 Book Challenge : The Kool-Aid Mom: Reachin' for 75 in 2009 (Mar 8, 2009, 4:26am)

   lol.. I know what you mean... I had been wanting to read Middlemarch, but now I'm not so sure. It's so much longer than Silas, and it seems like such a painful prospect now. Would definitely not attempt it without an audiobook to read along with. I've finished Miss Pettigrew Lives for a D ...

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : We need a new pretty men thread (Mar 5, 2009, 7:50am)

   I've had a thing for Rufus ever since seeing a BBC adaptation of Middlemarch! He plays 'bad guys' very well, too. ;o) orangeena in Book talk : 10 Books I Would Save in a Fire - If I Could Only Save 10 (Mar 4, 2009, 12:26am)

   ... - Leo Tolstoy 4.The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner 5.The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing 6.Middlemarch - George Eliot 7. Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence 8.The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats 9.The Collected Plays of William Shakespeare 10.The H ...

   geneg in Group Reads - Literature : The Forsyte Saga: An Introduction (Mar 3, 2009, 11:26am)

   ... of this group was starting with War and Peace. If one can read that one, one can read anything of quality. We've read Middlemarch, over 850 pages, Bleak House over 800 pages, Our Mutual Friend over 900 pages, and recently some shorter to short works. The longer ones present a more ...

   jhowell in Group Reads - Literature : Next book after [The Leopard]? (Mar 2, 2009, 6:35pm)

   ... that you know you should read, but want some moral support in doing so. Hence the first several picks - War and Peace, Middlemarch, what have you. Since then we have mainly stuck to the classics, but they are not always necessarily long and daunting ones.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Next book after [The Leopard]? (Mar 2, 2009, 4:48pm)

   ... the style, the characters, literary quality (I guess you'll notice if there's no such quality), and much more that count. Middlemarch and War and Peace are GREAT books, and there are lots of "short" great novels too: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, My Antonia, Animal F ...

   krazy4katz in Combiners! : Charles Dickens' unknowns (Mar 1, 2009, 11:31pm)

   Alas, Middlemarch is still coming up under Dickens. Oh woe....

   tames in 25 Books in 2009 : tames Books for 2009 (Mar 1, 2009, 10:51am)

   Next up: Currently reading: #05 The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens Yes, still reading Middlemarch! In fact when I was done reading book #04, I was reflecting on some of the concepts Foster wrote about and applying them to Middlemarch (so far). It is quite fun. Afte ...

   cindysprocket in What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February part II (Feb 27, 2009, 8:26pm)

   ... nt I Am the Withered Man John Creasey A Trap For Fools Amanda Cross The Question of Max Amanda Cross Middlemarch George Eliot, never read any Eliot. Saratoga Trunk Edna Ferber, never read any Ferber. Someone must have donated the Ferber to the Library, it is a ...

   FlossieT in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : FlossieT's Confessions of Another Year's Common Reading (Feb 26, 2009, 6:50pm)

   ... numerous interesting literary and historical references (personal favourite: Eliot's analogies for Casaubon's mind from Middlemarch). Wolf closes with a call to arms to urgently consider the implications of 'growing up digital' on the current generation of schoolchildren, repeatedly ...

   Ambrosia4 in 1001 Books to read before you die : Favourite 1001 Book of 2008 (Feb 24, 2009, 9:25pm)

   ... counting people's favorites as "nudges" for the books I haven't read. For example, I now know I need to get a copy of Middlemarch ASAP because it was mentioned several times! It's interesting to me that most of the rest were mentioned only once - except for Anna Karenina, Ethan Frome, ...

   perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : Favourite 1001 Book of 2008 (Feb 24, 2009, 11:09am)

   I'm a little late to this (and never good at picking just one favorite.) I really enjoyed Middlemarch, Ethan Frome, Of Mice and Men, and A Day Off. I'd give Madame Bovary honorable mention as well. See, just not good at this...

   kjellika in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Feb 23, 2009, 2:57am)

   >192 tames Middlemarch is one of my all times favorite. Interesting to read it with the group 'Group Reads - Literature' (I know you are a member) last year. Did you participate then? You could check the threads (The novel is divided into several threads to avoid spoilers). Happy reading!

   tames in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Feb 22, 2009, 12:08pm)

   I am reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. It is taking me a while to read it - especially the first volume. I am in volume II now, and have gotten used to the writing style so the speed is picking up a bit. For me the first part was slow and took some work understanding many of the ...

   biblioholic29 in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in February? (Feb 18, 2009, 2:38pm)

   ... they're here, by doing some reading on Project Gutenberg. I finished Grimm's Fairy Tales today and now I'm starting Middlemarch, which I imagine will take awhile!

   Jim53 in The Green Dragon : Book Bucket List (Feb 16, 2009, 8:32pm)

   ... of moral and philosophical development (using Kohlberg and Perry), and the professor didn't understand it at all. I found Middlemarch much harder to stick with for some reason.

   stephmo in 999 Challenge : Remember to tag your books! (Feb 14, 2009, 8:55am)

   ... Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (4) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (4) Emma by Jane Austen (4) Middlemarch by George Eliot (4) The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel (4) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (4) Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Tho ...

   puddleshark in Book talk : Do you always finish every book you start? How do you decide it is not worth reading? (Feb 14, 2009, 2:51am)

   If I'm reading one of the classics, I will make the effort to finish it. With books like Middlemarch or our mutual friend, I find I have to get a quarter or a third of the way through before the book really takes a hold. If I'm reading fluff, then I'll give up if the writing is so clunky ...

   jnwelch in I Love Jane Austen : What to read after Jane Austen (Feb 11, 2009, 11:10am)

   Vanity Fair, Jane Eyre, and Middlemarch all seem like good follow-ups, if you're looking for somewhat kindred reads rather than influences.

   livrecache in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: February 2009 (Feb 9, 2009, 5:45am)

   ... She also has to read Silas Marner, which I think is one of the worst George Eliot novels, but what do I know? (I loved Middlemarch). She's also had to read Emma, which I seem to know backwards. She thinks Austen prattles on too much, which I sort of understand, and she'd worked out what ...

   tiffin in Club Read 2009 : Tiffin's Reading for 2009 (Feb 8, 2009, 10:08pm)

   ... ten big ones: Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, David Copperfield by Dickens, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Middlemarch by George Eliot, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, The Odyssey by Homer, The old Testament by "God et. al", Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, War and Peace ...

   Scratch in Literary Snobs : Favorite lines... (Feb 6, 2009, 10:24am)

   "His interest in people was purely theoretical." -- Middlemarch. I have personal reasons for loving this one, primarily that I finally have a nutshell explanation for how I operate in the human world. (I'm not Temple Grandin.) This thread rules. I am constantly recalling more and more: " ...

   tames in 25 Books in 2009 : tames Books for 2009 (Jan 30, 2009, 10:49pm)

   Currently reading #02 Middlemarch by George Eliot

   leahmichele in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : leahmichele's 75 (Jan 27, 2009, 5:12pm)

   ... era The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro The Piano Teacher - Janice Y.K. Lee Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates Middlemarch - George Eliot Daniel Deronda - George Eliot Romola - George Eliot Flat-Out Sexy - Erin McCarthy Hard and Fast - Erin McCarthy Tap and Gown - Diana ...

   BBGirl55 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Classics (Jan 25, 2009, 7:59pm)

   ... Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, As You Like It, Sons and Lovers, Far From The Madding Crowd,Middlemarch, The Moonstone and Mansfield Park not in this order and I'm also going to re-read Pride and Prejudice, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Great Expectati ...

   Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List (Jan 22, 2009, 12:48pm)

   21. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, 1970s 22. Middlemarch, 2008 23. Around the World in Eighty Days, 1980s 24. Anna Karenina, 2007 25. Treasure Island, 2005 26. the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, 1970s 27. The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, 2008 ...

   jbeast in 999 Challenge : jbeast 2009 1999 (Jan 14, 2009, 4:23am)

   ... Bronte Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Middlemarch by George Eliot

   blythe025 in 999 Challenge : Andrea's Books (Jan 13, 2009, 6:13pm)

   ... Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe (**1/2) 2. Cranford (audio book), by Elizabeth Gaskell (****1/2) 3. Middlemarch (audio book), by George Elliot (****) 4. A Modern Mephistopheles, by Louisa may Alcott (***1/2) 5. The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells (****) 6. The Time ...

   rosemeria in Group Reads - Literature : Pere Goriot by Honore De Balzac - First half of the book (Jan 11, 2009, 8:02pm)

   ... lessons, economics, aging, education, class separation, parenthood.... I compare my reading enjoyment almost on par with Middlemarch - Superb! I NEED to finish this book tonight - I'm so afraid something bad is going to happen to Rastignac, this young man wants to be good person but Balzac ...

   bonniebooks in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008 (Jan 8, 2009, 10:57pm)

   ... sentences while I'm also being supremely entertained by them. Your comments remind me of my experiences in trying to read Middlemarch my usual way. I tend to race through a book in one day (gobbling rather than savoring). I had heard some author I admired (I can't remember who) say that she ...

   kjellika in LT's list of great books you should read : Action thread (Jan 8, 2009, 12:54pm)

   ... Forbrytelse og straff) 2) Mysteries (Norw: Mysterier) 3) To Kill a Mockingbird (Norw: Drep ikke en sangfugl) 4) Middlemarch (Norw: Middlemarch) 5) King Henry IV (Norw: Henrik IV) 6) Wayfarers (Norw: Landstrykere) 7) Out Stealing Horses (Norw: Ut og stjæle hester) 8) Oliver ...

   arubabookwoman in 1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36 (Jan 5, 2009, 6:36pm)

   ... s 47. The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins, 1966 48. The Idiot, Dostoevsky, 1969 49. War and Peace, Tolstoi, 1966 50. Middlemarch, George Eliot, 2001 51. Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy, 1970's 52. *Daniel Deronda, George Eliot, 2007 (Disagree with removal) 53. Drunkard, ...

   englishrose60 in Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? January 2009 (Jan 5, 2009, 8:26am)

   Read Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman - an interesting read. Listened to Middlemarch by George Eliot - an audiobook of a great classic.

   englishrose60 in 100 Books Challenge for 2009 : englishrose60 goes for 100 in 2009 (Jan 5, 2009, 7:53am)

   ... felt by a young Polish Jewish girl on emigrating to Canada, and her search for her identity in the New World. 8. Middlemarch by George Eliot - Penguin audiobook.

   bohemima in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Bohemima's on the bandwagon for 75 in '09 (Jan 2, 2009, 4:49pm)

   ... So, I'm trying to just dip my toes in the bath to see if the water's going to be too hot or what. Flossie, when I get to Middlemarch I'll probably be asking some questions, looking for another point of view than my own.

   merry10 in 50 Book Challenge : merry10's 2008 challenge (Jan 1, 2009, 9:55pm)

   ... ount) 50 from the 1001 books to read before you die list including 15 older classics (pre 1930) (best Anna Karenina, Middlemarch and Wuthering Heights) 10 science fiction novels (best Black Juice by Margo Lanagan) 12 were non-fiction reads relating to neuropsychology and science, ...

   FlossieT in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Bohemima's on the bandwagon for 75 in '09 (Jan 1, 2009, 4:24pm)

   Yay for Middlemarch! One of my all-time favourite books. I'm also hoping to tackle Three Men in a Boat (just got a copy off Bookmooch) and Anna Karenina this year so I'll look out for your thoughts on these in particular.

   MusicMom41 in What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 (Dec 23, 2008, 5:55pm)

   ... Someone told me when I was about to read it not too long after I read W&P and it spoiled it for me. But if you love Middlemarch--one of my all time favorites!--maybe we have similar tastes and I will like AK. I also liked Angle of Repose--another I would like to reread! Life is too ...

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 (Dec 23, 2008, 5:38pm)

   ... tie btween Anna Karenina and Angle of Repose - both truly works of art. (#26 and others -- I felt the same way about Middlemarch which was my last year's and probably will remain and all time favorite)

   megwaiteclayton in 50-Something Library Thingers : What books did you read that were highlights for 2008? (Dec 22, 2008, 9:06pm)

   I loved The Handmaid's Tale, Beatles. For me (excluding rereads, because I reread Middlemarch, probably my all-time fave, and several Austens): The Welsh Girl (my if-I-had-to-pick-one) No One You Know Somebody Else's Daughter The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

   merry10 in 1001 Books to read before you die : Favourite 1001 Book of 2008 (Dec 22, 2008, 5:56am)

   To Kill a Mockingbird was most delightful. Anna Karenina and Middlemarch were terrific. Fingersmith was a mad romp. I read 48 1001'ers this year -whoo hoo!

   urania1 in Virago Modern Classics : The Church of Our Lady of Unread Books (Dec 20, 2008, 6:31pm)

   ... it funny. P.S. No one should see the movies. They are horrid and destroy the work's loveliness. P.P.S. As for Middlemarch, I do like it, but I find Dorothea rather trying at times. I much prefer Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. And the BBC series of that book is ...

   Marensr in Virago Modern Classics : The Church of Our Lady of Unread Books (Dec 20, 2008, 11:29am)

   Ah miss_read, I sympathize on some of your choices. I have started Middlemarch three times but never finished and Proust I finished the first book and started the second but then stalled out.

   miss_read in Virago Modern Classics : The Church of Our Lady of Unread Books (Dec 20, 2008, 6:52am)

   I've been planning to read Middlemarch for about three years now. I bought a gorgeous second-hand hardback edition, hoping that would inspire me ... but so far, nothing. It's not that I don't WANT to read it - I just haven't read it. The rest of the list includes a lot of books already ...

   socialpages in 1001 Books to read before you die : Favourite 1001 Book of 2008 (Dec 20, 2008, 4:16am)

   Middlemarch George Eliot is simply a wonderful writer andNever Let Me Go. These two were my favourites but there were many books from the 1001 list deserving of honourable mentions.

   geneg in Group Reads - Literature : Next book after Kafka and Joyce (Dec 19, 2008, 10:19am)

   If we have a tie, let's read 'em both. Between them they are only a little longer than Middlemarch or Bleak House. If we have more than two, still, let's read 'em all.

   TheTortoise in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : FlossieT's 75 for 2008 (Dec 18, 2008, 9:32am)

   >150 Alaska, if you loved Silas Marner which is an inferior book then you will absolutely die for Middlemarch which is practically perfect in every way! Don't let the length put you off, it will not disappoint, I promise! 149 Flossie, it is definately a re-read for retirement! - TT

   avaland in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : FlossieT's 75 for 2008 (Dec 18, 2008, 9:24am)

   >149 love, love Middlemarch also. So much in there. I think some have trouble getting into it, but it's worth the effort (imo, of course).

   alaskabookworm in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : FlossieT's 75 for 2008 (Dec 17, 2008, 11:32pm)

   ... actually, I'm not really embracing my inability to finish a book. My sleepless nights are haunted. I've wanted to read Middlemarch for a long time. I loved Silas Marner but that's the only Eliot I've read.

   FlossieT in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : FlossieT's 75 for 2008 (Dec 17, 2008, 4:59pm)

   >147: LOL at 'Embracing Defeat'!! I loved (and love) Middlemarch. So many beautiful vignettes in that sprawling plot: "We would die of that roar that lies just the other side of silence." Sigh. Would that there were life enough to reread it... when I retire. Or win the lottery - no, wait: to ...

   TheTortoise in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : FlossieT's 75 for 2008 (Dec 17, 2008, 9:21am)

   ... I can remember about Hawaii is Pineapples! Oh yes and the beautiful Hawaian/Chinese girls! >144 Flossie, I thought Middlemarch was brill, but again at the end I felt it was just too long. The exhaustion factor kicks in and it just makes you long for the end to come so you can get relief. ...

   FlossieT in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : FlossieT's 75 for 2008 (Dec 17, 2008, 7:32am)

   ... up re-reading loads! Thinking about it, of the other long books I read this year, they were either of the ensemble-cast, Middlemarch style, with some variety of plot and character to keep you from numbing up, or they had a more entertaining tone. The Golden Notebook wasn't especially 'plotty ...

   puddleshark in Book talk : What literary character do you hate the most? (Dec 16, 2008, 1:16am)

   ... they have entertainment value if nothing else. But one character with few (no?) redeeming features would be Rosamund from Middlemarch.

   merry10 in What Are You Reading Now? : Favorite 5 Fiction Reads of 2008 (Dec 9, 2008, 9:02pm)

   Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy Middlemarch, George Eliot To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee The Road, Cormac McCarthy Wise Children, Angela Carter

   Such_A_Kassandra in 999 Challenge : Kassandra's 999 (Dec 9, 2008, 7:24pm)

   ... people say "You mean you have a BA in Literature and you've never read ________?" with a snide tone in their voice. 1. Middlemarch 2. Of Mice and Men 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

   hemlokgang in What Are You Reading Now? : Favorite 5 Fiction Reads of 2008 (Dec 9, 2008, 2:56pm)

   ... Dickens Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie Middlemarch by George Eliot Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

   hemlokgang in What Are You Reading Now? : Your BEST BOOKS of 2008 (Dec 5, 2008, 5:46pm)

   ... II by Don DeLillo The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Middlemarch by George Eliot After Dark by Haruki Murakami There are more, but these are the best........Great year, and much thanks to LT and the 1001 list!

   timjones in Club Read 2009 : Your 2008 Reading - Looking Back (Dec 3, 2008, 4:03pm)

   ... we've read and watched over the years, with a few typos, at http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~rarnold/bookgroup.html): Middlemarch The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Northern Lights aka The Golden Compass 2) My own choice: Slipstream (OK, that's an autobiography) and the ...

   wookiebender in 1001 Books to read before you die : Toughest books to get through (Dec 3, 2008, 7:12am)

   On the 1001 list, I've been unable to finish Rabbit, Run, Ulysses, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Moby Dick, Middlemarch, Tristam Shandy and Robinson Crusoe. I am determined to try them all again (although not Rabbit, Run or Robinson Crusoe, both of which I didn't find difficult so ...

   ktbarnes in The Green Dragon : Nabs in November (or what I ought *not* to have purchased) (Nov 15, 2008, 8:07pm)

   Today, I totally just purchased Christine Falls Forever Middlemarch and from PaperbackSwap, I received The Kennedys My Antonia Oh, how my TBR list grows and grows....

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 8 November 2008? (Nov 13, 2008, 10:01am)

   Finally finished Daniel Deronda. Not as good as Middlemarch, but still a worthy read. Going for something light now with Songs for the Missing -- so far is seeming to be a bit too Lifetime movie of the weekish for my taste.

   mumoftheanimals in 50 Book Challenge : Mumoftheanimals joins the challenge (Nov 10, 2008, 5:01am)

   I had a quick peep at your booklist and I think Middlemarch is one you would enjoy. The characters are well drawn and it is about marriage, social expectations and duty. Generally considered her best though personally I prefer mill on the floss. Pets: one dog - border terrier, eight rats and ...

   billiejean in 50 Book Challenge : Mumoftheanimals joins the challenge (Nov 9, 2008, 7:37pm)

   I have been tempted to get Middlemarch. Do you think it is the sort of classic that is worth having around? Also, I was wondering what pets you have. I have a golden retriever and she is my baby. I love her so much. I hadn't realized how terrific a pet could be until I got her. Have a great ...

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : Kristin Lavransdatter: FINAL IMPRESSIONS (Nov 9, 2008, 9:13am)

   ... ;) I'll post a link to my review once it's done. There's a thread in the Group for review posts that I started after Middlemarch if anyone else wants to post their links there ... then it's easy to find everyone's review posts.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : The Group Reads Coffeehouse (Nov 9, 2008, 7:39am)

   Books alredy chosen and read: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Middlemarch by George Eliot The Age of Innocence by Edit Wharton Bleak House by Charles Dickens Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie and Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

   shaunnas in 999 Challenge : joining my first challenge (Nov 7, 2008, 4:18pm)

   ... by Charlotte Bronte 5-The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte 6-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 7-Middlemarch by George Eliot 8-Silas Marner by George Eliot 9-The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

   billiejean in 999 Challenge : ladycassilis' 999 challenge (Nov 1, 2008, 1:50am)

   ... books that I want to read -- and I have not read any of the ones you have on your list. I have heard how much people like Middlemarch, so I might give that a try this year. Happy Reading! :) --BJ

   ladycassilis in 999 Challenge : ladycassilis' 999 challenge (Oct 31, 2008, 9:55pm)

   ... Obviously that's impossible, but it still feels nice to try sometimes. 1. Little Dorrit - 'cos it is on telly :) 2. Middlemarch 3. The Egoist 4. Barry Lyndon 5. New Grub Street 6. Wives and Daughters 7. The Return of the Native 8. Moby Dick 9. Portrait of a Lady

   KathiJ in I want to read that! : KathiJ's list (Oct 27, 2008, 11:55pm)

   Under the Net by Irish Murdoch Cider with Roses Laurie Lee The Country Girls Edna O'Brien Middlemarch George Eliot Washington Square Henry James Jack Maggs Peter Carey City of God E.L. Doctorow Under the Skin Michel Faber At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O'Neill Atonement Ian M ...

   irva in Romance - from historical to contemporary : I hate romance novels. Change my mind! (Oct 24, 2008, 4:50pm)

   ... plies. I'm already fond of Jane Austen, and I'm one of those odd ducks who actually gets intensely absorbed by books like Middlemarch, Jude the Obscure, The House of Mirth... all of which have strong sexual/relationship themes. In terms of genre fiction, I love a good mystery. I adore ...

   rbhardy3rd in Virago Modern Classics : The Church of Our Lady of Unread Books (Oct 24, 2008, 12:50pm)

   ... gaps in my Dickens reading: I haven't read Barnaby Rudge or The Old Curiosity Shop. The only George Eliot I've read is Middlemarch. I've read all of E.M. Forster except Maurice and The Longest Journey. I have no patience for Faulkner or Henry James, and have never finished a single ...

   littlebear514 in 50 Book Challenge : Lisa's 50 Book Challenge (Oct 22, 2008, 4:00pm)

   ... Mask by Emma Donoghue 55. Come the Morning by Shannon Drake 56. The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett 57. Middlemarch by George Eliot 58. The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber 59. Daughter of Troy by Sarah B. Franklin 60. My Friend Leonard by James Fre ...

   MusicMom41 in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008 (Oct 17, 2008, 1:30pm)

   ... gotten good ideas for books to explore. I, too, love Dickens and Bleak House is probably my favorite. I alos loved Middlemarch but agree it was harder "work." I haven't yet read another George Eliot although I own a couple so hope to someday. Anna Karenina was on my TBR list for ...

   mumoftheanimals in 50 Book Challenge : Mumoftheanimals joins the challenge (Oct 16, 2008, 8:51am)

   48 to go! Listened to Middlemarch on audio tape. Harriet Waters was the reader. She read well - a little a sulky young man. I missed one or two of the bits cut out - especially when relatives are admiring and paying homage to fat baby son who Eliot refers to as a tiny Buddha. It lost some of ...

   fasciknitting in 999 Challenge : Fasciknitting's 999 Challenge (Oct 15, 2008, 5:39pm)

   ... LibraryThing Group Reads - Current reads or reads that I missed 1. Bleak House by Charles Dickens 2. Middlemarch by George Eliot 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

   fasciknitting in 999 Challenge : Fasciknitting's 999 Challenge (Oct 15, 2008, 5:21pm)

   ... by Kate Chopin 7. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 8. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 9. (Moved Middlemarch to LT Group Reads category)

   jhw2008 in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Oct 12, 2008, 7:10pm)

   ... classics manages to include books outside the "Western Canon"). I do not feel Tom Jones is a classic but definitely think Middlemarch is. Many apologies, this is not a personal attack, but a long pent up vent that your post just sparked!

   mumoftheanimals in 50 Book Challenge : Mumoftheanimals joins the challenge (Oct 10, 2008, 11:17am)

   ... - I have now joined. Currently reading: The Good Mayor Book club for November and then God Created au-pairs Middlemarch Audio

   LynnB in Canadian Bookworms : Oct /08: What are we reading? (Oct 4, 2008, 1:37pm)

   ... Skin of the Lion, which was written first and contains some of the main characters (or their parents). I haven't read Middlemarch, but I read The Mill on the Floss last year. I read so much contemporary fiction and nonfiction that I find I have to get used to the pace of older books -- ...

   sydamy in Canadian Bookworms : Oct /08: What are we reading? (Oct 2, 2008, 5:57pm)

   #2 Not that I'm one to talk I'm still in the middle of Middlemarch but...stick with it. That was the GroupRead- Literature's pick awhile back and the general consensus was, it was a difficult book to get into but once into, it was many peoples favorite. We all found you needed to be alone and ...

   puddleshark in Book talk : Loooonnnnngggg Novels (Oct 2, 2008, 3:33am)

   middlemarch by george eliot. Perhaps not the easiest novel to start - it took me three attempts to read it - but once you start to know the characters, you'll see why it's so often nominated for the greatest novel in the English language.

   pesserj in Canadian Bookworms : Oct /08: What are we reading? (Oct 1, 2008, 8:25pm)

   I'm reading Middlemarch by George Eliot for book club, so I'm travelling back in time... it is slllooowww going though.

   FlossieT in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : FlossieT's 75 for 2008 (Sep 24, 2008, 11:20am)

   ... the central cast of characters. I have been struggling to understand why this annoyed me when the same sort of style in Middlemarch, say, didn't, but I haven't figured it out yet. If I had to guess, I would say it was overuse of the pluperfect (um, if I've remembered correctly that that's ...

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : Group Read: Kristin Lavransdatter - Who's In? (Sep 22, 2008, 10:53am)

   ... going back to Bleak House and reactivating threads once I see the end in sight for Kristin Lavransdatter and I started Middlemarch way late because I only found the group at the last minute and everyone still chipped in to my late posts so you should be fine starting this one whenever!

   quillmenow in Book talk : Your top 10 Classic Books (Sep 17, 2008, 9:54am)

   ... Return of the Native The Count of Monte Cristo Jane Eyre Persuasion Crime and Punishment Middlemarch Cymbeline Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson Daisy Miller *Wow. My list is an Anglo-Saxon love festival ...

   zembla in 888 Challenge : vorare's 888 challenge (Sep 15, 2008, 6:46pm)

   ... Eunuch Unbearable Weight killing rage: Ending Racism Toward a Feminist Theory of the State Fiction by women Middlemarch* (also: gaping hole in my reading) Mansfield Park Villette The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Frankenstein* (also: gaping hole in my reading) Del ...

   AuntieCatherine in Book talk : Your top 10 Classic Books (Sep 12, 2008, 6:31pm)

   ... haps? 6. The Arabian Nights I have several translations from several decades but would hate to have to chose one. 7. Middlemarch 8. Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea - the first book I ever finished that wasn't written specifically for children. 9. Alice in wonderland and ...

   jhowell in Group Reads - Literature : Next Book Suggestions After Bleak House/Midnight's Children (Sep 4, 2008, 9:04am)

   I agree that this group should be for tackling long daunting classics with moral support -- just like with Middlemarch and War and Peace, though I had already read those. Thats why I think Moby Dick would be a good choice. Nonetheless, I am willing to be more global and go with Kristin ...

   MusicMom41 in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? SEPTEMBER, 2008, Part I (Sep 3, 2008, 8:33pm)

   ... again. It's still waiting for me. When you read yours, let me know and I'll read mine and maybe we can compare notes. Middlemarch is one of my all time favorite novels. I hope you like it. I've seen several rather negative comments about it on LT threads. My "haull" today: Went to ...

   ZanKnits in List Five Books Parlour Game : Use five titles to tell a story (Sep 1, 2008, 3:50pm)

   Jane Eyre lived Forever and a Day on her small Animal Farm near Middlemarch before she grew tired of the Petty Bourgeois

   klarusu in Site talk : Purists, help me understand collections (Aug 29, 2008, 3:25pm)

   ... once to ever keep up! Work days I often get 2/3 Mooches a day in the happy post slot! Plus, I just can't read things like Middlemarch and Bleak House in a day ;) .... sorry, thread hijack over!

   mountebank in List Five Books Parlour Game : I'll meet you there (Aug 26, 2008, 9:34pm)

   Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen Howard's End by E.M. Forster Middlemarch by George Eliot Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : Classic Group Read: Bleak House: Chapters 1-7 (Aug 24, 2008, 6:21am)

   ... I find her a bit sickly-sweet so far. I'm hoping that as the story develops, so does she. I didn't like Dorothea in Middlemarch at the outset but she fast became one of my favourite characters as she grew throughout the book. I am really impressed with Dickens' descriptive powers - ...

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : Your Favorite Book, Now a Movie (Aug 23, 2008, 7:03pm)

   ... And for pulp fiction -- gotta go with Mystic River or maybe The Shining. For classics -- I love, love BBC's Middlemarch series. Fairly disappointed by the recent The Other Boleyn Girl, The Kite Runner. Although Atonement was pretty good.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : The Group Reads Coffeehouse (Aug 23, 2008, 4:39pm)

   #45 To kill a Mockingbird and Middlemarch are my favorites, too. Marvellous novels !!!

   megwaiteclayton in Group Reads - Literature : The Group Reads Coffeehouse (Aug 22, 2008, 3:16pm)

   ... introduction for those I haven't yet met: I live in Palo Alto, CA, and I'm a novelist. My favorite novels or all time are Middlemarch - which is how I found Group Reads - and To Kill a Mockingbird. Followed closely by everything Jane Austen. I haven't had time to read much since The Age ...

   mrsradcliffe in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Aug 22, 2008, 8:48am)

   ... truly awful classics, how about anything by Thomas Hardy, the truly boring Martin Chuzzlewit or the stupendously annoying Middlemarch?

   aces in Book talk : Your top 10 Classic Books (Aug 20, 2008, 11:35pm)

   1. Sense and Sensibility 2. Middlemarch 3. Nicholas Nickleby 4. David Copperfield 5. Tom Jones 6. Tess of the d'Urbervilles 7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 8. Wuthering Heights 9. The Picture of Dorian Gray 10. Jane Eyre

   sarahelliot in 50 Book Challenge : Sarah's 50 (Aug 20, 2008, 5:35am)

   55th book (I wanted to count this as 8 books given that George Eliot divided it into 8 books, but my husband protested): Middlemarch, George Eliot. A superb book, though it took me 200 pages to get used to the pace which is rather slower than Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell. I love Dorothea ...

   enian0313 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 16 August 2008 (Aug 17, 2008, 6:12pm)

   ... same "Library of Essential Writer" series. The four novels are: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, and Middlemarch. I had read Adam Bede in January.

   TheTortoise in 1001 Books to read before you die : LT1001 Favourite Reads: Lists of Ten (Aug 16, 2008, 6:07am)

   ... and Prejudiceby Jane Austen 4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 5. Robinson Crusoe by DanielDefoe 6. Middlemarch by George Eliot 7. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 8. Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 9. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper ...

   HeathMochaFrost in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008 (Aug 10, 2008, 10:17pm)

   ... just as it should be, all parts perfect and necessary. Next audio - I don't know. It's a bit like when I finished Middlemarch in the spring (though it's not even half so long!) - I don't want to let go of the book thief and her friends.

   geneg in Group Reads - Literature : MODERN GROUP READ: Midnight's Children: BOOK 1 (Aug 4, 2008, 7:20pm)

   ... is appealing, it sure is more satisfying to read heavier, but more engaging fare. For all the stuff that didn't happen in Middlemarch or Age of Innocence or Bleak House they were all page turners to me because they were filled with real people, living real lives, in, as the Olde Chinese Cur ...

   geneg in Group Reads - Sci-Fi : Group Reads - Sci-Fi Coffeehouse (Aug 4, 2008, 11:26am)

   On the issue of length: Over the last several months I have read Our Mutual Friend, 900+ pages, Middlemarch, 800+, Age of Innocence, 300+, Bleak House, 700+, and by the end of the week (I hope) Earth, 600+. Not only were all these books thick, but they were old too. Given ...

   timjones in Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Now? July 2008 (Aug 1, 2008, 4:54am)

   I'm taking a break from the English Midlands with Middlemarch to become embroiled in pre-revolutionary Russia in The State Counsellor: Further Adventures of Fandorin by Boris Akunin.

   yareader2 in What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 (Jul 30, 2008, 10:21pm)

   #134 What did you like so much in To Kill A Mockingbird that made you reread it three times? I love it too. Middlemarch is on my list to finish this summer.

   sydamy in The Prizes : The Booker (Jul 30, 2008, 2:15pm)

   ... New and different doesn't exactly describe Rushdie either. I haven't read his stuff yet but if I can ever finish Middlemarch, Midnight's Children might be my first.

   klarusu in Folio Society devotees : I Am Undone! (Jul 29, 2008, 6:04am)

   ... Must stay away from the website ..... must stay away from the website .......... Unfortunately, there was a flaw on the Middlemarch binding but the customer service people were excellent about replacing it. I love buying things from nice people who make you feel happy about spending money! ...

   kjellika in What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 (Jul 28, 2008, 2:53am)

   Two novels I imagine will "live within me" forever: To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Middlemarch by George Eliot. Two wonderful stories written by two magnificent authors.

   aguntherc in What Are You Reading Now? : Do you read voluminous books? Will you recommend them? (Jul 25, 2008, 2:36pm)

   ... the following tomes: Cecilia The Doll by Boleslaw Prus A Harlot High and Low Lost Illusions The Maias Middlemarch The Mists of Avalon Robert Elsmere The Woman in White And most of Trollope’s Barsetshire/Palliser novels....

   kjellika in What Are You Reading Now? : Do you read voluminous books? Will you recommend them? (Jul 25, 2008, 7:21am)

   This year I've finished Middlemarch by George Eliot (900+ pages) and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1,000+ pages), and I'll surely recommend them for those of you loving great realistic classic novels. Currently reading: "Forføreren. Erobreren. Oppdageren" by the contemporary Norwegian ...

   brochettes in 1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life.. (Jul 24, 2008, 5:48pm)

   ... and Sons 33. The Water-Babies 34. Crime and Punishment 35. The Last Chronicle of Barset 36. The Moonstone 37. Middlemarch 38. In a Glass Darkly 39. Far from the Madding Crowd 40. Daniel Deronda 41. Return of the Native 42. King Solomon’s Mines 43. The Mayor of Cas ...

   geneg in Science Fiction Fans : What are you reading? Q3 July - Sept 2008 (Jul 23, 2008, 2:36pm)

   Currently reading Bleak House. Just finished two very interesting books with similar themes: Middlemarch and The Age of Innocence. I heartily recommend both to people who seek ideas in their reading. I love Dickens and his language is hard to beat. If you are not used to fully fleshed ...

   HeathMochaFrost in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008 (Jul 18, 2008, 4:12pm)

   ... Mary Oliver's Red Bird, can take almost no time at all - but since I don't count pages, I think having read (listened to) Middlemarch during this year as well, it all kinda shakes out evenly. ;-) At 27, I'd say you're right on track to make 50. Good luck with it - and of course, enjoy it!

   sydamy in Girlybooks : An Orange July (Jul 17, 2008, 4:17pm)

   ... Teelee - I have A Short history of Tractors waiting, it was my next Orange read, is it an easy read? or does it need Middlemarch concentration. If so, maybe I can read it fast before I start my library books. By the way you will love The Namesake.

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - JULY 2008 (Jul 16, 2008, 9:54am)

   ... and physically!) so I don't want to rush through. I reckon that it will be pretty self-regulating anyway as the Middlemarch threads didn't seem to die too quickly (and I was late to the game on that one). Let's maybe not dive straight into the 'What's next' debate as soon as the ...

   odysseia in 1001 Books to read before you die : Best 1001 Authors Alphabetically (Jul 14, 2008, 5:51pm)

   ... I have Name of the Rose but never managed to finish it. I'm not going to say Eliot either because I only read half of Middlemarch and just started reading Daniel Deronda - I'm really liking that so far though. Out of the rest of the E authors I'd pick the Swedish author Per Olov Enquist ...

   mint910 in BookMooching : Pimp your inventory (Jul 13, 2008, 10:51pm)

   ... I'm currently only sending within the US. Some books you may be interested in would include The War of the Worlds and Middlemarch My sister has added a few of her books to my inventory as well! She's eagerly awaiting her first mooch request!

   Cariola in Group Reads - Literature : Next Book Suggestions - After The Age of Innocence (Jul 13, 2008, 11:28am)

   ... something a little different. I teach literature, so I've already read and studied most of the conventional classics (Middlemarch way more than once). As I saw it, the group is titled: Literature--Group Reads, not "Classics Reading Group." But maybe I should just forego the group if all ...

   klarusu in What Are You Reading Now? : Book Roots! How we come to have the books we read! (Jul 8, 2008, 10:54am)

   ... read one DeLillo book over a decade ago and didn't like it and now I thought I'd give him another chance .... glad I did. Middlemarch by George Eliot - Totally LT! It was a Group Reads - Literature book and I loved it. The Virus Hunters by Joseph McCormick - I was returning books ...

   sydamy in Group Reads - Literature : Next Book Suggestions - After The Age of Innocence (Jul 4, 2008, 3:21pm)

   Yeah Damiella!! Someone else who has not finished Middlemarch. I am about half way through the audio version of Age of Innocence though so that's something I guess. I really like Middlemarch but, I felt I needed something easier to alternate with, and since they were always easier to read I ...

   Damiella in Group Reads - Literature : Next Book Suggestions - After The Age of Innocence (Jul 4, 2008, 7:56am)

   Seeing I still haven't finished Middlemarch let alone STARTED Age of Innoncence I'll probably be sitting this one out - however I am in the middle of Don Quixote and Vanity Fair and have wanted to read Midnight's Children for a few years now so those are my 3 suggestions for this round. ( ...

   timjones in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 June 2008 (Jul 3, 2008, 8:13am)

   Alternating between Middlemarch and Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil. Rather different books, but they have something in common: a lot of people and freight were moved without oil in the England of 1829, too.

   krazy4katz in Kindley Book Club : Whatcha reading part two (Jul 2, 2008, 11:31am)

   I am reading 1776 by David McCullough. Decided to go for history for a couple of weeks. Then back to the classics? Middlemarch? Not sure... --k4k

   Thalia in Group Reads - Literature : Next Book Suggestions - After The Age of Innocence (Jul 2, 2008, 3:14am)

   ... would just be adding books to my tbr pile ;-) Especially because I haven't even managed to finish War and Peace or Middlemarch yet. And I really want to take part this time as the semester is over and I actually have time to read whatever I want.

   megwaiteclayton in Author Chat : Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters (July 1-15) (Jul 1, 2008, 2:35pm)

   ... Reads! I am touting LT everywhere these days, in large part because it's one of the few places in the world where I can say Middlemarch (one of my very favorite books in the world) without people rolling their eyes. I was definitely a reader long before I was a writer - and in fact am a ...

   hemlokgang in The Green Dragon : What movie did you see TODAY? June edition. (Jul 1, 2008, 8:41am)

   Middlemarch and North and South. I'm on vacation!

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books, 2008, Q2: April - June (Jun 28, 2008, 12:24pm)

   ... by Elizabeth von Arnim The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies (counting three novels as one) Books Reread Middlemarch by George Eliot

   kjellika in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books, 2008, Q2: April - June (Jun 28, 2008, 3:34am)

   1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2. Middlemarch by George Elioot 3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 4. Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun 5. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut And I'm looking forward to To kill a Mockingbird and David Copperfield

   shootingstarr7 in What Are You Reading Now? : Literary ADD (Jun 28, 2008, 2:38am)

   ... schizobibliomania as well, so you're definitely not alone. It's funny, one of the books currently on rotation for me is Middlemarch. I didn't particularly enjoy Adam Bede or Silas Marner, so I don't know what made me think this would be better, but that's a story for another time. Asi ...

   uncultured in What Are You Reading Now? : Literary ADD (Jun 28, 2008, 2:30am)

   ... know, something canonical. I've read some really great stuff this way, though on the other hand...well, let's just say Middlemarch and I parted on rather frosty terms. Dorothea Brooke--Geeeeez, give it a REST. But that's a rant for some other forum.

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books, 2008, Q2: April - June (Jun 25, 2008, 9:18am)

   ... The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies (counting three novels as one) The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich Middlemarch Yes, that's six, not five. Will sort out when the quarter's over and I see what else I've finished.

   klarusu in 50 Book Challenge : Claire's 50 Book Challenge 2008 (Jun 25, 2008, 7:20am)

   23. Middlemarch by George Eliot

   timjones in 40-Something Library Thingers : Re-reading High School English Class Novels (Jun 24, 2008, 6:59pm)

   ... books were set texts in High School! When the book group I'm in was deciding what to read for our next book, I suggested Middlemarch by George Eliot, saying confidently that I'd read and enjoyed it in high school. Now we're reading it, I realise that it was Silas Marner we read in high ...

   Rarcar1 in What Are You Reading Now? : A Great Book I've Read in 2008 Because of LT . . . (Jun 22, 2008, 7:26pm)

   Year of Wonders - thanks Teelgee The Road Pride and Prejudice I hope to finish Middlemarch and get to Never Let Me Go. Thanks LT!

   timjones in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 June 2008 (Jun 21, 2008, 4:11am)

   I've just finished Children of the Arbat by Anatoli Rybakov. Next is Middlemarch by George Eliot - I'm reading that for the book group I'm in - 6 weeks to get through 780 pages of type so small I'll need a magnifying glass. But I really enjoyed Silas Marner, so I'm looking forward to M ...

   hemlokgang in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books, 2008, Q2: April - June (Jun 20, 2008, 1:59pm)

   As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner My Antonia by Willa Cather The Road by Cormac McCarthy Middlemarch by George Eliot Call of the Wild by Jack London

   klarusu in Go Review That Book! : How're you doing? (Jun 20, 2008, 10:27am)

   I've been temporarily derailed from The Double Helix by catching up with Middlemarch for Group Reads - Literature Group. Nearly at the end of it now and so will be back to The Double Helix next. So many books, so little time!

   wandering_star in What Are You Reading Now? : Book Roots! How we come to have the books we read! (Jun 19, 2008, 5:19pm)

   Good question! Middlemarch - my mum has long been trying to persuade me to read this - it's her favourite book - and so when I saw the LT group read I thought it would be the perfect opportunity. I had read George Eliot (Silas Marner) at school but nothing since then. The End Of Mr Y - ...

   digifish_books in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Jun 18, 2008, 8:51am)

   ... ~ David Copperfield is a very fine novel. But it will probably feel like 'light reading' after War and Peace and Middlemarch! :D

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 14 June 2008 (Jun 17, 2008, 2:44pm)

   ... is plowing through this series and I wanted to see what was holding her interest. I'm still working my was through Middlemarch (hangs head in shame), I'm slow but I am really enjoying it. I will start Age of innocence, for the next Group Read, but on audio hopefully I will get this ...

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : The Age of Innocence : Book 1 (Chapters I - XVIII) (Jun 17, 2008, 6:05am)

   I've just started (as I'm about to finish Middlemarch, which I loved). Although I've read this before, it was about 10 years ago and I don't remember too much about it now (apart from that I thoroughly enjoyed it the first time round). I'm already thoroughly irritated by Archer and I'm only a ...

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : Book Roots! How we come to have the books we read! (Jun 16, 2008, 5:27pm)

   ... it got great reviews and sounded like something that would interest me, particularly because it's a New York story. Middlemarch -- reread for an LT book group. Looking at the list, I see it is unusual for me in that all are fiction, and three of them are very recently published titles. ...

   sabreuse in Book talk : Guess the book v3.0 (Jun 15, 2008, 12:22pm)

   Middlemarch?

   blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008 (Jun 14, 2008, 4:18pm)

   ... to sign copies for sale. On George Eliot.....looking forward to reading this author. Toss up between Silas Marner and Middlemarch to start. Probably they will make a TBR stack in the not too distant future. On Baum, etc....Been looking for some good old, used copies of some of Baum's ...

   extrajoker in List Five Books Parlour Game : Green Glass Door (Jun 12, 2008, 5:14pm)

   ... the (important) words have double letters... one-word titles: Blubber by Judy Blume Greenwitch by Susan Cooper Middlemarch by George Eliot Redwall by Brian Jacques Willow by Wayland Drew two-word titles: (The) Butterfly Tattoo by Philip Pullman Hidden Warrior by Lynn ...

   yarb in 50 Book Challenge : Yarb (Jun 12, 2008, 4:26pm)

   ... for my Pillow - Saiichi Maruya Oroonoko - Behn Slow Boats to China - Gavin Young Hyperion - Keats Middlemarch - Eliot We - Zamyatin The Tempest - Shakespeare The Castle - Kafka The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake The Turn of the Screw - Henry James ...

   Nickelini in 888 Challenge : 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Jun 10, 2008, 10:46am)

   ... I also have books from the 1001 list in other categories. They are: Jane Eyre, Bleak House, Family Matters, Middlemarch, Wide Sargasso Sea, Silk, and The Heat of the Day.

   hemlokgang in The Green Dragon : Books that make you buy more books (Jun 9, 2008, 8:03am)

   Middlemarch inspired me to read anything by George Eliot.

   Caroline_McElwee in Early Reviewers : 'The Collector of Worlds' by Iliya Troyanov (Jun 9, 2008, 5:46am)

   ... and story to story is not a new thing, however it can be done with a variety of dexterity (it worked for me in Eliot’s Middlemarch, for example, but became simply a collection of interlinked stories in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas). Troyanovs use of this structure is better than some, ...

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 June 2008 (Jun 6, 2008, 8:16pm)

   ... just picked up Devil in the White City today from a local thrift store, glad to know its interesting. I still reading Middlemarch, yes still, but enjoying it a lot. I am also just starting The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber. I liked The Book of Air and Shadows so I have high ...

   klarusu in 888 Challenge : Klarusu's 888 Challenge - Better Late Than Never! (Jun 6, 2008, 6:23am)

   ... Geisha - Japan, Non-Fiction 4. An Artist of the Floating World - Japan, 1001 Books List 5. Middlemarch - 1001 Books List, Classic Literature 6. The Age of Innocence - 1001 Books List, Classic Literature 7. 8.

   klarusu in 888 Challenge : Klarusu's 888 Challenge - Better Late Than Never! (Jun 6, 2008, 6:12am)

   8. Classic Literature 1. Middlemarch 2. Northanger Abbey 3. Dracula 4. *Bleak House* 5. Washington Square 6. Kristin Lavransdatter 7. The Fortune of the Roug ...

   klarusu in 888 Challenge : Klarusu's 888 Challenge - Better Late Than Never! (Jun 6, 2008, 6:11am)

   ... Sputnik Sweetheart 2. An Artist of the Floating World 3. Middlemarch 4. The Body Artist 5. The Age of Innocence 6. The Elementary Particles 7.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch (Jun 6, 2008, 5:40am)

   ... PS: I'm still reading War and Peace (the first Group Read) for a couple of weeks, because I postponed it while reading Middlemarch.

   Queenofcups in 1001 Books to read before you die : June 2008: Which Book from the 1001 List are You Reading? (Jun 5, 2008, 9:23pm)

   I'm working on George Eliot's Middlemarch in installments. I just started book6--The Widow and The Wife.

   sjmccreary in Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch (Jun 5, 2008, 11:08am)

   ... could do as kjellika suggests and have two threads - we could read either/or or both. There were multiple threads for both Middlemarch and War and Peace - would this be any different?

   orangeena in Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch (Jun 5, 2008, 10:34am)

   No, no - not at all. Just completed and reviewed it for my book club. It will see like a short story in comparison to Middlemarch. Might as well begin the voting for the next selection -speedy readers will whiz through it in a few days. Very good, though - Wharton's style is a very formal, slow ...

   wandering_star in 50 Book Challenge : Wandering_star's 50 book challenge: more non-fiction (Jun 4, 2008, 8:23pm)

   I'd certainly like to read some more of her stuff. Any recommendations for the non-fiction? 85. Middlemarch - read for a group discussion on LT. I enjoyed this more than I was expecting - the quiet humour, and the sharp eye on human motivations - but it was a little bit too didactic for me to ...

   Jthierer in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads May 2008 (Jun 4, 2008, 9:45am)

   1. Middlemarch by George Eliot: totally deserves its reputation as a classic 2. Split: A Memoir of Divorce by Suzanne Finnamore 3. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry: this one was an ARC, but I'll definitely be recommending it to people in July

   geneg in Christianity : How do you avoid immoral books? (Jun 3, 2008, 12:01pm)

   ... through the "Classics". The group is called "Group Reads". We just finished War and Peace, are in the process of reading Middlemarch, and are about to select Madame Bovary for our next read. These books are neither specifically Christian in nature, nor are they full of filth. They do ...

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads May 2008 (Jun 3, 2008, 8:01am)

   My #1 book for May is Netherland by Joseph O'Neill. I spent most of the month reading Middlemarch, so that will have to count as #2. #1, VisibleGhost, I didn't enjoy Wolf Totem. I found it tedious as I've posted in the general What are You Reading< ...

   zanix in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads May 2008 (Jun 1, 2008, 7:43pm)

   #3 - Middlemarch is a fantastic read. It's too bad so many are put off by the novels girth; it does run a little slow, but Eliot's psychological portraits are virtually peerless. My May: 1. Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow I'm finally turned-on to this author after a lukewarm response ...

   timjones in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - May. 2008 (Jun 1, 2008, 10:19am)

   ... look really good at first glance: Spark by Emma Neale Magnetic South by Sue Wootton and the big one: Middlemarch by George Eliot, for my book group - we meet monthly, but we're giving ourselves two months to read this one.

   yareader2 in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads May 2008 (Jun 1, 2008, 9:23am)

   ... by Dalia Sofer To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (I am looking for any writings about her and Truman Capote) Middlemarch by George Eliot oops there is a 4th too I am rereading Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen and it is like reading it for the first time. Where was I the ...

   hemlokgang in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Hemlokgang's 75 Book Challenge (May 31, 2008, 11:56am)

   ... by Elfriede Jelinek 27- The call of the wild by Jack London 28- Silas Marner by George Eliot 29- Middlemarch by George Eliot 30- mistress of the art of death by Ariana Franklin 31- The size of the world by Joan Silber 32- The grass is singing by D ...

   sjmccreary in Group Reads - Literature : Where are you reading from? (May 31, 2008, 10:45am)

   I know this discussion took place during the Middlemarch election - but it still amazes me to see flags showing up all over the world. I can't really express my awe at being involved in something that has attracted people from Northern Norway and Southern Austrailia, among other exotic (to me) ...

   kjellika in Reading Globally : Where in the world are you now? May 2008 (May 31, 2008, 6:07am)

   I just left George Eliot's England (Middlemarch) and am now back in Tolstoy's Russia (War and Peace). I guess I'll stay there until June 22.

   orangeena in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : orangeena's 75 for 2008 (May 31, 2008, 1:22am)

   31. Middlemarch by George Eliot 32. Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts

   thekoolaidmom in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #2: May. 2008 (May 30, 2008, 10:38am)

   ... and other sweet spices... neat, eh? planned to buy from Waldenbooks: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Middlemarch by George Eliot if I get away with just those two, I will be shocked!

   digifish_books in 50 Book Challenge : digifish books in 2008 (May 30, 2008, 8:26am)

   29. Esio Trot and Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. Some light entertainment post-Middlemarch. 30. Hard Times, For These Times by Charles Dickens. One of the more depressing of Dickens' books and certainly one of the shortest. For critiques of Victorian ...

   avaland in 50 Book Challenge : merry10's 2008 challenge (May 29, 2008, 8:13am)

   ... link to a recent piece by Zadie Smith in the Guardian on Middlemarch. I found it quite interesting - worth printing out to read again later.

   merry10 in 50 Book Challenge : A gathering place to chat (May 28, 2008, 10:07pm)

   I've finally completed Middlemarch so I can now justify introducing myself. I'm an Australian, living out in the country, chasing after school children and farming activities. LT has been great fun and enoyably expensive even though I'm switching to 2nd hand bookshops and libraries - I just ...

   merry10 in 50 Book Challenge : merry10's 2008 challenge (May 28, 2008, 9:03pm)

   70. Middlemarch, George Eliot, 1871 Great Novel. England, 1832, landowners, farmers, minor gentry, bankers, lawyers, doctors, clergy, marriage, financial security, gossip, social class, philanthropy and the politics of parliamentary reform form the backdrop for the characters of Middlema ...

   megwaiteclayton in Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch (May 28, 2008, 8:40pm)

   I'd vote for Age of Innocence. I love Dickens but I'm still working on Middlemarch and will never catch up with a Dickens, though I'd be tempted by Bleak House.

   klarusu in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (May 27, 2008, 5:05am)

   I'm midway through Middlemarch and about to start An Artist of the Floating World, which I'm looking forward to as I've never read any Ishiguro.

   rosemeria in Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch (May 26, 2008, 8:42pm)

   I'm going down to the beach to finish Middlemarch! Middlemarch will be going on my best books list -- Five stars! Thank you to the people who suggested this book in the last round. So.. we need to pick the next book soon. Is everyone else almost done? my choices after seeing teelgee last ...

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 May 2008 (May 25, 2008, 12:12pm)

   I (finally) finished Middlemarch -- it's a wonderful book and I'm glad I reread it, but I'm equally glad to be able to get to some of the other books that have been piling up. I read the deservedly well-reviewed Netherland by Joseph O'Neill in just a few days. Beautiful writing, ...

   elenalda in Awful Lit. : Books to be struck from HS reading lists! (May 23, 2008, 7:58pm)

   ... But at the end of the day I felt I was more interested in the novel, almost more attached to it. We had to read Middlemarch the summer before senior year--I convinced myself that I could read the last 250 pages on a 12-hour flight the day before school, tried and failed miserably. Eve ...

   Donna828 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch (May 23, 2008, 11:15am)

   ... in that order. I am feeling too much TBR pressure to do a reread at this point. That's why I opted out of reading Middlemarch which is one of my all-time favorites. There have been many good suggestions, but I've also read many of the titles. It's still fun to read the comments...so ...

   orangeena in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 17 May 2008 (May 21, 2008, 10:25pm)

   ... it to brush up for my review at book club next week When We Get to Surf City Bob Greene's new book Winding up Middlemarch

   blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Hemlokgang's 75 Book Challenge (May 21, 2008, 2:22pm)

   ... them. Silas Marner A couple of threads on the site here have commented by I wanted to see what you thought. Also Middlemarch as that's another George Eliot. The magnificent Ambersons I put this one on my shelves because it's on one of my 100 best lists but I haven't gotten 'round ...

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (May 21, 2008, 1:46pm)

   Middlemarch finished !! All of it !! A marvellous novel :-)>

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch - Done! (May 21, 2008, 11:20am)

   I finished Middlemarch today and I find it one of my favorite novels so far. But in my opinion the 'Finale' is a little redundant. I might have guessed what happened to the characters in the future. It ends like a fairy-tale, I think: "All's well that ends well". All the same: a marvellous ...

   fannyprice in Group Reads - Literature : Next book suggestions - after Middlemarch (May 20, 2008, 6:11pm)

   I honestly think I need to sit this one out, as I'm still on Book 2 of Middlemarch and haven't even touched War and Peace. Stop tempting me with great books, people!

   byzanne in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May-August 08? (May 20, 2008, 1:54pm)

   ... were friends and Holtby features in Brittain's book. I plan on reading other books by both writers over the summer. And Middlemarch is also on the cards.

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 17 May 2008 (May 20, 2008, 9:29am)

   ... bought the next two books in the Deptford trilogy, The Manticore and World of Wonders. I finally expect to finish Middlemarch today or tomorrow. Edited to see if the touchstones would appear.

   Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (May 19, 2008, 12:11pm)

   I've packed my bags and left Middlemarch, and I've now set sail on the Wide Sargasso Sea. At only 111 pages, it will be a quick journey.

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2 (May 19, 2008, 11:09am)

   Hello Book Two .... is there anybody out there? I'm getting very jealous of all the people further on in Middlemarch - I'm dying to read the threads but enjoying it too much to go into spoiler territory. Just about to launch into Book Two and I'm itching to know what happens to all of the ...

   digifish_books in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008 (May 19, 2008, 6:02am)

   >51 Couldn't agree more, Nickelini! While I haven't read Anna Karenina, I found Bleak House much more enjoyable than Middlemarch.

   digifish_books in 50 Book Challenge : digifish books in 2008 (May 19, 2008, 5:33am)

   ... and lovely Irish humour. There was evidently a TV series based on the Irish RM books, but I haven't seen it. 28. Middlemarch by George Eliot. A good book.... but give me Anthony Trollope any day!

   Nickelini in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008 (May 18, 2008, 5:58pm)

   ... completely unaware of this. Sheesh). I read it now because I needed to read something totally and completely different from Middlemarch. It was actually more interesting than I expected, and actually had things to say. I would classify this as a bildungsroman--his journey through the years ...

   Nickelini in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008 (May 18, 2008, 5:50pm)

   Middlemarch, by George Eliot I feel a great sense of accomplishment at finishing Middlemarch: it is a long book, and some parts are very dense, and require this reader's full concentration. I think the best quality of this novel is the fabulous way that Eliot creates her characters. While I ...

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (May 18, 2008, 12:50pm)

   ... eye out for that one when I get there .... Moving on to Book 2 now and I'm really glad this group spurred me on to read Middlemarch - it's been sitting on my bookshelf for a long, long while and I didn't realise what I was missing! For all the wordiness, I find I'm totally transported ...

   Nickelini in Girlybooks : The Future of Theme Reads . . .comments requested. (May 18, 2008, 11:48am)

   ... problem with theme reads is other commitments. I still plan on participating in the May theme, but I've been busy with Middlemarch (for another group read--competition!). I really dislike reading more than one book at a time, so sometimes I just don't have time to participate in every theme. ...

   megwaiteclayton in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: book III (May 18, 2008, 11:41am)

   #2 I so agree about the honor of Dorothea (my favorite character in Middlemarch and one of my favorites in all of literature) and Mary. Elliot makes them so real, too. They are not the perfect people so many writers are tempted to create. They come with flaws that make them even more endearing. ...

   megwaiteclayton in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2 (May 18, 2008, 11:36am)

   ... object of their affections on a pedestal. legxleg, I love this observation. I've just finished Book II, and I've read Middlemarch more than once before, so I don't have the confusion some of us are experiencing. I do remember the first time I read it having trouble keeping Ladislaw and Lydg ...

   socialpages in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch - Done! (May 18, 2008, 5:54am)

   ... every after. Despite the length of the book and even the length of the paragraphs in the book I really did enjoy Middlemarch. I like Eliot's sense of irony and that as a reader you had to work pretty hard but it was worth it.

   socialpages in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (May 16, 2008, 6:07am)

   Finished Middlemarch and have picked up Never Let Me Go. It's my first Ishiguro and I've been looking forward to it after hearing everybody rave about his books. I'm up to chapter three and I'm hooked. There's something about his writing - smooth and easy - it just makes me want to keep ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch Relationship Map (May 15, 2008, 3:59pm)

   #10 Just a digression: In "The Western Canon. The Books and School of the Ages" Harold Bloom appoints both Middlemarch and Bleak House canonic novels of 'The Democratic Age' (part III, chapter 13 in my Norwegian edition)

   drneutron in The Green Dragon : Visual Puns: Book Titles (May 15, 2008, 12:40pm)

   *whispers* Psst. #140 is Middlemarch.

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (May 15, 2008, 6:33am)

   I'm just about to start Middlemarch, being a Group Newbie - hopefully I can catch up with some of you guys before long! I have two well-worn copies (I think it must have been assigned at school sometime long ago) and still haven't managed to read it so this is a good boot up the bum! Look ...

   Nickelini in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008 (May 14, 2008, 10:48pm)

   Just took a mini-break from Middlemarch to read Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, by Christopher Hitchens. At only 98 pages, it was a very quick read, and incredibly interesting. I have to think about it for a bit before I write on it. In fact, I may even reread the ...

   Tane in The Green Dragon : Visual Puns: Book Titles (May 14, 2008, 4:19pm)

   KickMarchBand? or Middlemarch, perhaps?

   Nickelini in Atwoodians : Are you reading a book by or about Margaret Atwood currently? (May 14, 2008, 1:08pm)

   I'm not currently reading an Atwood, although I plan to start Alias Grace as soon as I recover from Middlemarch. I did however check out an Atwood DVD from the library today. In 2006 Bill Moyers had a series on PBS called "Faith and Reason" where he interviewed famous authors on their ideas of, ...

   Nickelini in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May-August 08? (May 14, 2008, 1:00pm)

   Well the end is in sight: on 225 pages left to go with Middlemarch (which is more than many books I read, but never mind that!). I also picked up a book from the library today that fits the "about women" part of this thread: The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in theory and practice, by Chr ...

   klarusu in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - MAY 2008 (May 14, 2008, 11:18am)

   ... it. So, more experienced members, tell me how long before the next book choice. I'm wondering whether to launch into Middlemarch or will you all out-pace me and finish it by next week ;)

   Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (May 13, 2008, 4:03pm)

   ... Isn't that why everyone seems to have read The Yellow Wallpaper and the Poe stories? Now I'm doing the opposite--reading Middlemarch. I can't think of a special term for reading the longer books on the 1001 list.

   hemlokgang in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 reads of April 2008 (May 13, 2008, 12:25pm)

   Call of the Wild by Jack London Middlemarch by George Eliot My Antonia by Willa Cather It was a very good reading month for me!

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 10 May 2008 (May 13, 2008, 10:53am)

   ... I also am not usually a short stories kinda person but I will run to get Interpretation of Maladies. I'm still reading Middlemarch, I believe I will finish The Road today (also loving), and I just picked up The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell to start when The Road is done. I have ...

   RedBowlingBallRuth in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - May. 2008 (May 13, 2008, 10:09am)

   Picked up Middlemarch, Bridget Jones's Diary and White Oleander at the library today.

   amandameale in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 10 May 2008 (May 13, 2008, 8:33am)

   ... keren7: OO-YE-BECK Recently read The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean - poignant and interesting. Gave up on Middlemarch by George Eliot - the writing is very clever but the pace is too slow for me. Now reading Theft by Peter Carey - so far so good.

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book V (May 12, 2008, 7:28pm)

   ... help that I read it while waiting in a hot car waiting for someone who was very late. So, Kjellka, why do you think Middlemarch is one of your favourite novels? What is it that you like that is unique to this book? I agree with Ladygata--I too find Mr. & Mrs. Casaubon the most ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book V (May 12, 2008, 4:08pm)

   And I'm starting book VI, and I still consider Middlemarch one of my favorite novels so far. It is just getting better and better. By now I feel that I really know all the characters (at least the main ones) well, and I feel a sort of impatience to learn more about them and what will happen to ...

   Nickelini in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May-August 08? (May 12, 2008, 1:24pm)

   Nine days after my original post, I'm still reading Middlemarch. I'm going to focus on it this week and see if I can get it done. Just over half-way done at this point.

   orangeena in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (May 12, 2008, 12:34am)

   I add my encouragement to any readers whose commitment to Middlemarch is waning. I am well into Book V now and have found it better and better as the story progresses and you adjust to Eliot's style. She uses a lot to say a little and it is more enjoyable and makes more sense when a reader has ...

   legxleg in 50 Book Challenge : legxleg's new years resolution for 2008 (May 11, 2008, 7:53pm)

   ... recording my reading earlier; it comes between Lavinia and The Age of American Unreason. So that means that #83 is Middlemarch. It is absolutely fantastic. I decided to give it a try because of the group literature read, and I am so glad I did. Even though it's very dense and hard to ...

   imanivrn in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 10 May 2008 (May 11, 2008, 4:31pm)

   I'm still working on Middlemarch, I've started Meet Me In Venice by Elizabeth Adler and Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough

   fannyprice in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - MAY 2008 (May 11, 2008, 3:52pm)

   ... gave up - for now, maybe for a long time - in trying to get around to War and Peace and decided to concentrate on reading Middlemarch along with others, since I knew I couldn't do both at the same time. Now I'm kinda behind on Middlemarch. I find that I can't read it unless I have a long ...

   orangeena in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 10 May 2008 (May 11, 2008, 12:48pm)

   Still working on Middlemarch Finishing up The Bookseller of Kabul Beginning Peter Ackroyd's Life of Thomas More - much mentioned on various threads at LT so I'm looking forward to a bit of the sceptred isle.

   Irisheyz77 in 50 Book Challenge : teelgee goes for another 100 in 2008 (May 11, 2008, 7:33am)

   ... but as teelgee mentioned she is a bit ahead of me. But I will catch up with her there eventually!!!! I'm also reading Middlemarch, so how many books would that count for? 2? ;-)

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (May 11, 2008, 6:35am)

   Book V of Middlemarch finished. 'Only' some 300 pages left of the whole novel!! ;¤)

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - MAY 2008 (May 11, 2008, 6:32am)

   ... I feel is rather familiar now. And IF I forget who is who I just take a look at Nickelini's marvellous 'Relationship map of Middlemarch. Thanks again :->). Anybody finished book V (or more) yet?

   megwaiteclayton in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (May 10, 2008, 1:35pm)

   I just want to echo this sentiment of all the Middlemarch fans here. I do think Eliot's style may take a little getting used to, but in the end the payoff is so high. I count it among my VERY FAVORITE books of all time, and if I had to pick one would be looking at Middlemarch, To Kill a Mocking ...

   megwaiteclayton in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading Jan-April 08? (May 10, 2008, 1:21pm)

   ... week. I thought it was absolutely terrific and would recommend it to everyone from teenager to adult! And I just started Middlemarch last night, rereading it for the LT discussion.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch Relationship Map (May 10, 2008, 5:33am)

   #1 Hi, Thanks a lot for the map. I just printed it out and I think it'll be very useful in my further reading of Middlemarch. What a web! :-)

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch Relationship Map (May 9, 2008, 4:10pm)

   ... That book has a lot of characters who are all related to each other some how. Any map I tried was just a tangle of lines. Middlemarch was much easier, as there are spheres of relationships. Mind you, I worked from SparkNotes, and if they left things out I wouldn't know to include them. Maybe ...

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (May 9, 2008, 12:16pm)

   I'm here to try and give a little encouragement to those of you who are struggling with Middlemarch. I had a tough time myself through much of book 1 & 2, but I'm now nearing the end of book 3, and I'm finding it gets easier. I don't think anything in the book itself changed, but I'm getting used ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book IV (May 9, 2008, 9:16am)

   I've just finished the read of Middlemarch Book IV, and I'll submit some of my impressions later on. I guess I'll start reading book V on Monday (May 12) I plan to read the rest of the novel during this month. :-))

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2 (May 8, 2008, 5:12pm)

   ... it counts as lit crit, but I generally find www.SparksNotes.com pretty helpful. There are tons of internet resources on Middlemarch. I know what you mean about feeling like you're only getting the superficial level. I'd like to break past that if I'm going to finish the 3/4 I have left. ...

   Nickelini in 888 Challenge : Nickelini's 888 (May 8, 2008, 1:29pm)

   Progress in May 16. Never Let Me Go 17. West With the Night 18. Middlemarch 19. Lucky Man 20. Wide Sargasso Sea 21. The Looking Glass 22. A Recipe for Bees 23. Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast 24. Silk 25. The Water-babies

   Thalia in The Green Dragon : Foreign language books (May 8, 2008, 8:33am)

   ... ionaries. I did discover one mistake though as I went through some of the languages. I don't think the original language of Middlemarch was Dutch... ;-) I try to add and edit the languages when I enter the books, but I'm sure there are quite a few mistakes. I don't think there are any blank ...

   timjones in Science Fiction Fans : The Mundane Movement in Science Fiction (May 7, 2008, 7:01pm)

   ... ng. Yet many keen SF readers I know don't like these books at all. Have you read them, and what's your opinion? As for Middlemarch, it was one of the few set books for high school that I truly enjoyed - but I have not yet got round to re-reading it.

   geneg in Science Fiction Fans : The Mundane Movement in Science Fiction (May 7, 2008, 1:07pm)

   ... "Paycheck" yesterday and did not think it was YA at all). So, I have high hopes for the genre. I'm currently reading Middlemarch which is as far from YA as it gets and still be fiction. To note some of the differences (and I may have to go back and re-read Heinlein from "Stranger..." ...

   Nickelini in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May - August 2008 (May 7, 2008, 12:43pm)

   ... lost your marbles! I must learn to read more closely :-) I'm still reading West With the Night, by Beryl Markham, and Middlemarch, by George Eliot, and not making much progress with either. I think I'm in a bit of a reading slump.

   i.should.b.reading in 50 Book Challenge : i.should.b.reading 2008 challenge (May 7, 2008, 9:01am)

   66. Middlemarch by George Eliot At the beginning of the book I was confused by all the characters and didn't think I would be able to keep everything straight. The further in I got the better the book became. I think this is one of the best books I've read all year.

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (May 7, 2008, 4:14am)

   Finished book IV (ch. XLII) of Middlemarch. Start reading book V 'The Dead Hand' in a day or two. --------------------------------------------- Also reading: Othello by W. Shakespeare (Norwegian edition) and a Norwegian non-fiction book: 'Opera! En håndbok'. Plan to read: Galapagos by Kur ...

   marvas in 50 Book Challenge : Marvas 2008 book counter (May 7, 2008, 1:57am)

   40. The wanderer by Sharon Creech I have a craving for light and short books after the tome of Middlemarch and The wanderer fit the bill. The wanderer is a sailboat and Sophie sails in it with her three uncles and two cousins across the ocean to England to visit her grandfather. One part ...

   ChocolateMuse in 50 Book Challenge : ChocolateMuse's Challenge (May 7, 2008, 12:30am)

   ... die, fight, love, desire, etc. It's a story about people, far more than about politics. Awesome. I am neglecting Middlemarch for this series, and not regretting it!

   alcottacre in What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books (May 6, 2008, 11:41pm)

   ... the book. I think this method will work better for me in the long run. Once I finish War and Peace, then I will pick up Middlemarch, which I have read previously and enjoyed, and continue on as the group goes unless there is something I truly do not want to read.

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books (May 6, 2008, 6:38pm)

   #155 sjmccreary Sorry to hear you gave up on Middlemarch. I totally agree with you about having to read it daily or you lose the gist of the story and mindset of the writing. I have always wanted to read it and will continue to read daily, as I find the longer I spend reading it, in each ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - MAY 2008 (May 6, 2008, 1:48pm)

   I must admit I postponed the reading of War and Peace a couple of weeks ago to concentrate on Middlemarch, but I plan to continue reading the novel during my summer holidays. How many of you are still reading W&P, and do you think it will be difficult continuing the reading after a rather ...

   sjmccreary in What Are You Reading Now? : Abandoned Books (May 6, 2008, 10:51am)

   ... worth a try, though, becuase sometimes I really like dark, or intense, or offbeat stories. The other one I'm quitting is Middlemarch for the group read. It just wasn't sinking in - if I didn't read every single day, I'd forget the characters, the plot, and how to read the period English. I'l ...

   Nickelini in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 2008 (May 6, 2008, 10:35am)

   ... the Night, by Beryl Markham 30. Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, by Christopher Hitchens 31. Middlemarch, by George Eliot 32. Lucky Man, by Michael J. Fox 33. Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys 34. The Looking Glass, by Michele Roberts 35. A ...

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Mayl 2008 (May 6, 2008, 10:09am)

   I am still reading Middlemarch, listening to The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri in my car and just started The Road. I also just picked up another one from the library Unaccustomed Earth which I need to start and finish quickly as it has an early due date back - it's in high demand. I also ...

   Thalia in Book talk : The books I want to read this year... (May 6, 2008, 9:58am)

   ... happen as school reading takes up most of my time. The ones I definitely want to read this year are: War and Peace Middlemarch Northanger Abbey Naomi Novik's Temeraire series My Cormac McCarthy books Cloud Atlas Stephen King's Dark Tower series Der Zauberberg Ho ...

   marvas in 50 Book Challenge : Marvas 2008 book counter (May 6, 2008, 1:41am)

   39. Middlemarch by George Elliot It feels like a real accomplishment finishing this. It took me 15 days and it was at times hard work. George Elliot's writing is sometimes so dense I had to read a page three times to understand it. And I will probably want to read it again in a couple of ...

   Jthierer in 50 Book Challenge : Jthierer's 26 book challenge (May 5, 2008, 1:15pm)

   14. Middlemarch Wow. Just wow. I think after Arthurian Omen just about anything would have seemed good but this was just incredible. I added some quotes from it to my WikiThing page and I have already decided I need to reread this book, something I very rarely do. Seriously, kudos to the people ...

   Jthierer in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Mayl 2008 (May 4, 2008, 10:46am)

   Just started Book 8 of Middlemarch so I expect to finish that and Split this week. After that, something fluffy probably. My brain needs a break.

   Nickelini in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May-August 08? (May 3, 2008, 5:28pm)

   ... If I read more than one novel at a time, I try to keep them very different from each other. I too am currently reading Middlemarch, and also West With the Night--the memoirs of Beryl Markham, who is very different as Dorothea.

   fannyprice in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading May-August 08? (May 3, 2008, 1:41pm)

   I'm still working on Middlemarch by George Eliot, which has caused me to neglect Charlotte Bronte's Villette, sadly.

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2 (May 3, 2008, 12:12pm)

   ... not always possible). It really helps to focus on just one book at a time and immerse oneself in the experience. That said, Middlemarch is not the easiest novel to do that with when there are so many interesting books on my TBR pile calling me.

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Mayl 2008 (May 3, 2008, 10:02am)

   ... the entire Deptford Trilogy, by Robertson Davies as I've almost finished World of Wonders, and expect to return to Middlemarch.

   orangeena in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Mayl 2008 (May 3, 2008, 9:57am)

   Halfway through Middlemarch which gets better and better. Also beginning Alan Weisman's The World Without Us, an environmental narrative.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: book III (May 3, 2008, 6:00am)

   Book III (finished yesterday): What an interesting and exciting part of Middlemarch!! --------------------------------------------------------------- I read all the chapters (XXIII-XXXIII) in Norwwgian in a few days, but I haven't read all the English text yet, just two or three chapters and ...

   Rarcar1 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 April 2008 (May 2, 2008, 9:14pm)

   I am reading Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, Middlemarch by George Eliot and started listening to Outlander by Diana Galbaldon.

   HeathMochaFrost in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2 (May 2, 2008, 9:14am)

   ... of it stayed with me through the years. My hope is that I just wasn't ready, and if I read it again, I'll like it better. Middlemarch might be similar for you. Kudos either way for giving it a try. :-)

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2 (May 2, 2008, 7:40am)

   ... English (to compare) and so far it looks like the two editions follow each other rather well. As a realistic novel, I find Middlemarch to be one of the better. Anyway: 2 complaints: George Eliot might be a little less talkative and instructive. Nickelini, perhaps you should put the ...

   kjellika in 1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read? (May 2, 2008, 4:05am)

   ... in Norwegian) The unbearable lightness of being The Music of Chance Out stealing horses (favorite) Middlemarch (favorite) END (for the time being) ******************** Only 63 books out of 1001 :-( ..... But I think there are some books on my bookshelves (mostly N ...

   shootingstarr7 in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (May 1, 2008, 8:44pm)

   I'm also reading Middlemarch, and I'm also on track to (finally) finish Fingersmith this month. I've only been working on it since January...

   geneg in Art is Life : What are you currently reading? (May 1, 2008, 6:29pm)

   Reading Middlemarch for a group read.

   lindsacl in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (May 1, 2008, 11:12am)

   Just to spice up this Middlemarch crowd with some variety ... I'm reading Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda and enjoying it very much.

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (May 1, 2008, 9:31am)

   Middlemarch ch. XXVI (book III)

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 April 2008 (Apr 30, 2008, 9:46pm)

   ... I am going in blind on this one also. I know nothing of the story, except that every person here loves it. Still reading Middlemarch and hope to finish Lost in a Good Book in the next day or so.

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 April 2008 (Apr 30, 2008, 12:48pm)

   ... Fifth Business, so I've now just read The Manticore and am starting World of Wonders. But I am still reading Middlemarch and The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony.

   Jthierer in What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 (Apr 30, 2008, 12:26pm)

   That I've read all the way through? Water for Elephants. That said, I'm pretty sure Middlemarch will replace it as soon as its finished.

   Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (Apr 30, 2008, 11:22am)

   Right! Oops . . . well, with 700-ish pages to go, I know I won't finish Middlemarch on this the last day of April. I'm safe to say Middlemarch will be around well into May. Into June even.

   Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (Apr 30, 2008, 10:47am)

   I just finished the first section of Middlemarch.

   digifish_books in 1001 Books to read before you die : May 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (Apr 30, 2008, 8:50am)

   I'm roughly half way through George Eliot's Middlemarch.

   digifish_books in 50 Book Challenge : digifish books in 2008 (Apr 30, 2008, 7:24am)

   ... A charming and entertaining book, my first by Ms Burnett. It served as the perfect light interlude during my slog through Middlemarch (I am at the half way point now).

   marvas in 50 Book Challenge : Marvas 2008 book counter (Apr 29, 2008, 4:35am)

   I've taken a little break from Middlemarch to celebrate reaching the halfway point and read 38. Animal farm by George Orwell I've read this before in high school, but I remembered nothing about it, except the obvious 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'. It ...

   TrishNYC in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TrishNYC's Attempt at the 75 book Challenge (Apr 28, 2008, 6:44pm)

   ... able to get used to it after awhile and really enjoyed the book. I am a bit worried though because I was planning to read Middlemarch soon but if she uses this same kind of writing style in all her works and since Middlemarch is much longer, it may be a bit of a problem. 43. No country ...

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 28, 2008, 3:28pm)

   Finished book II (Old and Young) of Middlemarch, page 237 in my English edition, page 250 in my Norwegian edition (vol. 1)

   marvas in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 28, 2008, 2:14pm)

   Hooray! I am at the halfway point in Middlemarch.

   Booksloth in Girlybooks : Watershed Novels (Apr 28, 2008, 6:55am)

   ... still feel that way now about it (it's on my list to re-read but I keep buying new ones and never getting round to those). Middlemarch has to be another, though - to be fair- Middlemarch comes up on all my lists of anything good, and also Iris Murdoch's The Bell. All of these have ...

   jhowell in Book talk : Desert Island Books (Apr 27, 2008, 7:55pm)

   ... question really requires alot of thought and time -- which I don't have (too busy reading) but I'll give it a quick go: Middlemarch Gone with the Wind Wuthering Heights A Hundred Years of Solitude The Lord of the Rings trilogy (I guess thats three, but worth it) Watership Down ...

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 27, 2008, 3:40pm)

   Middlemarch: finished ch. XVII. (Plan to read the rest of book II tomorrow)

   Rarcar1 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 April 2008 (Apr 26, 2008, 10:49pm)

   I finally finished Duchess A Novel of Sarah Churchill and started Rebecca. I am still reading Middlemarch and listening to World Without End.

   fannyprice in Reading Globally : Where in the World are you Now? April 2008 (Apr 26, 2008, 10:36pm)

   I'm now in normal, 19th century England with Middlemarch by George Eliot.

   fannyprice in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading Jan-April 08? (Apr 26, 2008, 10:34pm)

   ... by Esther Averill, a kind of remarkable woman who founded her own publishing company in the 1930s. I am also reading Middlemarch by George Eliot for an LT group read. I also just finished a graphic novel version of Northanger Abbey, which was kind of disappointing.

   HeathMochaFrost in What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 (Apr 26, 2008, 7:38pm)

   Middlemarch by George Eliot. I seem to be a little in love with it, actually. I'm reading other things, but my mind keeps going back there ...

   hemlokgang in 50 Book Challenge : hemlokgang's 2008 reading list (Apr 26, 2008, 6:42pm)

   #27- Middlemarch by George Eliot #28 - Silas Marner by George Eliot #29- The Call of the Wild by Jack London #30 - The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek #31 - Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje #32 - Children of God by Mary Doria Russell

   Booksloth in Book talk : Desert Island Books (Apr 26, 2008, 12:23pm)

   ... most people's, I suspect - morphs a bit from time to time but this is as good as I've got yet (in no particular order): Middlemarch Captain Corelli's Mandolin The Grapes of Wrath The Crimson Petal and the White The Remains of the Day A Prayer for Owen Meany The Deptford Trilo ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 26, 2008, 7:26am)

   Yes, I have deleted message 39 because I'm postponing the reading of War and peace, and I will now concentrate on Middlemarch as I eventually received the English edition of the novel. I guess I'll read the book mainly in Norwegian and use the English edition sometimes to compare the two ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Vocabulary (Apr 26, 2008, 4:11am)

   In my Norwegian edition of Middlemarch 'piluluous' (or should it be 'pilulous'?) is translated to 'finmasket', i.e.: 'which consists of small meshes or stitches'.

   Rarcar1 in 50 Book Challenge : Rarcar1's 50 Challenge (Apr 25, 2008, 8:34pm)

   ... a year so it looks like I will exceed the 50. April 25, 2008 25 books read 10,359 pages read Currently reading Middlemarch and listening to World Without End. Up next, Rebecca.

   Rarcar1 in Group Reads - Literature : War and Peace: Volume 4, Part 1 (Apr 25, 2008, 2:57pm)

   Way to go teelgee, you can do it! Just curious as to how long it has taken you. I may start it after Middlemarch.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 25, 2008, 12:12pm)

   ... of months to participate in the discussions here. For the time being I read the Norwegian and the English edition of Middlemarch simultaneously. Interesting!! So far it looks like the two editions follow each other quite well. And I learn a lot of the English language this way. :-))

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Wisdom from [Middlemarch] (Apr 25, 2008, 11:58am)

   #hemlokgang Do you know where that quote is taken from? Is it in Middlemarch?

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 25, 2008, 7:41am)

   I am now going to read the English and the Norwegian (2 volumes) editions of Middlemarch simultaneosly. I'll therefore postpone the further reading of War and peace some months. I will concentrate on 'Middlemarch' for the next couple of months and try to follow the discussion of this ...

   GeorgiaDawn in The Green Dragon : Billards at the Green Dragon (Apr 24, 2008, 7:58pm)

   I know I'm risking totally kidnapping this thread, but Middlemarch is on my list to read this summer. I'm looking forward to it!

   ladygata in The Green Dragon : Billards at the Green Dragon (Apr 24, 2008, 4:45pm)

   I was reading Middlemarch on the subway today, and was snapped to attention by the mention of the billiards at the Green Dragon (a village local). Just thought I'd mention that! Oh, and excust the bad spelling...I'm tired.

   Nickelini in 50 Book Challenge : karenwardill's list 2008 (Apr 24, 2008, 11:58am)

   Hi again, Karen I'm doing the Middlemarch LT read and have made it to page 111. So far I'd agree that it's a "plow-through" too (great term, by the way). I'm really just trying to figure out what the point of the whole book is. Any encouraging words of wisdom?

   Nickelini in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 24, 2008, 11:25am)

   ... Peace Shall Destroy Many because it's one of the oldest books in my TBR pile (and I'm glad I'm finally reading it) Middlemarch because I'm in the LT group read (another one that was sitting in my TBR pile), and Half of a Yellow Sun because it's my book club read for May.

   hemlokgang in What Are You Reading Now? : New Vocabulary (Apr 24, 2008, 9:22am)

   From Middlemarch, by George Eliot: hustings: platform from which political speeches are made sciolism: superficial knowledgeability antipodes: living opposite one another on the globe leveret: a young hare And, although I knew it's meaning, I thoroughly enjoyed the word..........b ...

   Thalia in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 24, 2008, 2:04am)

   ... reading next to the heavy, brainy stuff from school. I saw it mentioned somewhere on LT and had to get it. I will start Middlemarch for the group read this weekend. I am also reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King as it is one of the few older SK works I never read. And so many ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 23, 2008, 10:25pm)

   ... some of the fun. Time limits are all well and good for lighter reads but when tackling such works as War and Peace or Middlemarch its best to go at your own pace to savor and get into the story. Or at least thats how I feel. @32 thalia - the story can be difficult to get into at first ...

   thekoolaidmom in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 23, 2008, 9:54pm)

   A lot of people on LT are reading Middlemarch, so I clicked over to the book page and read about it. How does it compare to Tess of the d'Urbervilles? The book description made me think of both Tess and Vanity Fair. BTW... I figured since everyone's reading it, I have to, so I put it ...

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 23, 2008, 9:37pm)

   I'm reading Middlemarch for the Group Read, it seems like we are everywhere. I always wanted to read it and this was the perfect way. I am also reading Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde, which I chose as something a little lighter and more fun, to balance out George Eliot.

   avaland in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TrishNYC's Attempt at the 75 book Challenge (Apr 23, 2008, 9:12pm)

   yes, I might say that Middlemarch might require concentration and patience, at least at the beginning. But I do so love it.

   kiwidoc in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TrishNYC's Attempt at the 75 book Challenge (Apr 23, 2008, 8:48pm)

   How did you like Silas Mariner, TrishNYC. I recently picked up Middlemarch but abandoned it after 100 pages as was not in the mood. to concentrate on all the characters. Will have to try again!

   digifish_books in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 23, 2008, 8:33pm)

   I started a new thread for discussion of Book 2 of Middlemarch for those of us who have finised Book 1. But don't let that stop anyone from still posting here about Book 1! :)

   orangeena in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 23, 2008, 7:32pm)

   I'm reading Middlemarch because I'm determined to become more familiar with the classics of literature. I'm reading Miracle at Speedy Motors because I love McCall Smith's stories of human nature and the lighthearted warmth of the series. I'm reading because reading has always been my ...

   Rarcar1 in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 23, 2008, 7:13pm)

   I am reading Middlemarch for the Group Read thread. Listening to World Without End because I really enjoyed Pillars of the Earth and reading Dutchess, A Novel of Sarah Churchill because it sounded interesting and it was a bargain book. By the way #1, it's nice to see you read a family ...

   shootingstarr7 in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 23, 2008, 4:39pm)

   ... the series because of the title of the sixth book, A Breath of Snow and Ashes- I loved the imagery. I'm also reading Middlemarch as a part of the group read here on LT; Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (because I love well-written YA lit that's not about bitchy rich girls), and Imagine Me ...

   Jthierer in What Are You Reading Now? : WHY are you reading now? (Apr 23, 2008, 2:39pm)

   I'm reading Middlemarch because its a group read here on LT and a friend recently recommended it.

   Jthierer in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008 (Apr 23, 2008, 1:58pm)

   Just began Middlemarch on my lunch break for the group read and because of an almost simultaneous recommendation from a friend.

   Irisheyz77 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008 (Apr 23, 2008, 12:48pm)

   I'm currently reading Hello, I must be Going by Christie Hodgen and Middlemarch by George Eliot. In the car I just started to listen to Kate Remembered by A. Scott Berg

   hemlokgang in Reading Globally : Where in the World are you Now? April 2008 (Apr 23, 2008, 11:58am)

   While on actual vacation, I traveled in the literary world from Victorian England Silas Marner and Middlemarch by George Eliot, to Austria with The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek, to the wilds of Alaska with Call of the Wild by Jack London to Botswana with The Full Cupboard ...

   fannyprice in 888 Challenge : anatomist's 888 challenge (Apr 23, 2008, 1:10am)

   ... You have a really interesting slate of books on your various lists here! Are you participating in the group read of Middlemarch that we're starting up? If not, I invite you to join in! http://www.librarything.com/groups/groupreadsliterature#forums

   sjmccreary in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 22, 2008, 8:54pm)

   Hi, I'm joining the group and will try to read along in Middlemarch. I picked up my library copy this afternoon - vol 1 of 2 (first 4 books) - I can have it for 4 weeks and re-check it for 4 more, then get vol 2 for 8 weeks, so hopefully that will work. Left on my own I rarely read anything ...

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008 (Apr 22, 2008, 8:16pm)

   ... and it was quite good. A young girl meets and is then trained by a retired Sherlock Holmes. I'm also still plugging away at Middlemarch, and will start Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde, tomorrow, which should be a light enough book to balance George Eliot.

   fannyprice in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 22, 2008, 3:59pm)

   ... I completely missed the first group read, despite all my good intentions to get in on it. But I am planning on picking up Middlemarch - I've got my Norton Critical Edition and I am raring to go - as soon as I read a couple of lighter things in order to decompress from my most recent read, a ...

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 22, 2008, 2:08pm)

   Middlemarch: finished chapter 13 (p. 149)

   sydamy in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Apr 22, 2008, 11:24am)

   ... books. They are revealing a book a week over the course of the year. Fiction and non fiction books included. Week 12 - Middlemarch.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 22, 2008, 1:55am)

   ... summer holidays (ultimo june), and to participate a little in the discussions. (Perhaps there are characters to compare in Middlemarch and War and Peace?)

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 21, 2008, 4:12pm)

   ... what did George Eliot mean by her prelude about Saint Theresa? Don't you think she is a symbol of Dorothea Brooke in Middlemarch? Or perhaps another of the characters? Well, I guess the further reading will show. I really look forward to it.

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008 (Apr 21, 2008, 2:55pm)

   ... and 82, I too LOVED The Phantom Tollbooth -- I think I'll have to reread it (after, probably, 45 years). I'm reading Middlemarch for the group read but, since I recently finished Fifth Business and The Manticore and World of Wonders just arrived from Amazon, I may have to start in ...

   Donna828 in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 21, 2008, 1:41pm)

   ... you, teelgee. I'll quit reading (not really!) when I feel like I have to read something to keep up with the gang. I read Middlemarch ten years ago, and do plan to reread it, but I may be lagging behind the trailblazers. I did make some general notations on it in my reading journal, just can't ...

   digifish_books in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 21, 2008, 6:01am)

   I hope no-one minds... I started a new thread for Middlemarch Book 2, since a few have already finished Book 1 :).

   digifish_books in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book 2 (Apr 21, 2008, 5:55am)

   A place to discuss Book 2 of Middlemarch (chapters 13-22) entitled "Old and Young".

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 21, 2008, 5:49am)

   Finished book 1 of Middlemarch

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Apr 20, 2008, 9:50pm)

   ... Altogether I think I'll be in the air for 6 hours or so. Lots of time to read. =) Some people have also started reading Middlemarch so there is no need to wait.

   marvas in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 20, 2008, 10:57am)

   I just found this in IMDB: Sam Mendes is going to direct a movie adaptation of Middlemarch, scheduled for 2009.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Wisdom from [Middlemarch] (Apr 20, 2008, 2:58am)

   From where in Middlemarch is this quotation (book? chapter?)? I'm reading the novel in Norwegian, and have one chapter left of book 1. Perhaps I've read it already?

   HeathMochaFrost in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 19, 2008, 9:37pm)

   Middlemarch was the selection of my "real life" book discussion group for March. I still had the receipt in the book from when I bought it - in 1994. (I got on my LT catalog during the meeting and suggested the group choose one of my TBR books - I have over 200!) I read about 160 pages, then ...

   i.should.b.reading in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008 (Apr 19, 2008, 7:21pm)

   I am currently reading Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz, Middlemarch and The Hobbit.

   orangeena in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 19, 2008, 5:16pm)

   A group member from "What Are you Reading Now" invited me over for Middlemarch discussion. Is there a reading time frame? I am at chp. 32. I find myself liking it in a restrained sort of way. One thing that helped me tremendously was A.S. Byatt's introduction in my edition (Oxford World's Classic) ...

   rebeccanyc in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 19 April 2008 (Apr 19, 2008, 1:52pm)

   I am (re)reading Middlemarch, which I read about 25 years ago, for the LT group read.

   kjellika in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Apr 19, 2008, 1:50pm)

   I'm reading War and Peace (Norwegian: Krig og fred) by Leo Tolstoy and Middlemarch by George Eliot

   mmignano11 in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 19, 2008, 1:36pm)

   I've just come across this group on sombody's page and I LOVED Middlemarch, definitely one of my favorites. I know I have it somewhere, so if I don't find it right away I will get a copy right quick at the library or a local bookstore. I agree with some of the posters, give it a chance, when ...

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 19, 2008, 1:27pm)

   The Norwegian edition of Middlemarch is divided into two volumes: Vol. 1: book 1 - book 4 (461 pages) Vol. 2: book 5 - Book 8 + epilogue (444 pages So far I've read: "Middlemarch" (vol 1): page 105

   kjellika in 50 Book Challenge : kjellika's reading 2008 (Apr 19, 2008, 9:22am)

   ... Tilværelsens uutholdelige letthet April: Knut Nærum: Døde menn går på ski Currently reading: George Eliot: Middlemarch

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : My favorite question for anyone... (Apr 19, 2008, 7:54am)

   ... know how to do the lovely looking link) http://www.librarything.com/groups/groupreadsliterature#forums we are reading Middlemarch as a group, with discussions and support. We'd love to hear your thoughts.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : About George Eliot (Apr 19, 2008, 7:35am)

   I'll refer to some sentences in The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature: "In both Felix Holt and Middlemarch she (i.e. George Eliot) returned to England in the 1830s studying provincial life both in terms of its interwoven human relationships, and with supreme skill in 'Middlemar ...

   orangeena in What Are You Reading Now? : My favorite question for anyone... (Apr 19, 2008, 12:20am)

   ... or timely topic book, and one history or biography in the works. I'm currently about halfway through George Eliot Middlemarch and greatly appreciating her pithy writing. Began Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri two days ago and find I can not put it down. She is a master- won ...

   digifish_books in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Apr 18, 2008, 4:14am)

   I finished Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope and have started Middlemarch for the 'Group Reads - Literature' group.

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Vocabulary (Apr 17, 2008, 10:30pm)

   I found a word in Middlemarch that I don't know. It is in the third last paragraph of chapter 2. Piluluous: "Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre-matrimonial acquaintanceship?" It's not in Mirriam Webster 11, so I went to the God of dictionaries, the OED. Me ...

   ChocolateMuse in Group Reads - Literature : About George Eliot (Apr 17, 2008, 10:11pm)

   ... in the right order :) I found this quote by Robert Coles in the introduction to my edition (Modern Library Classics): "Middlemarch... is an effort on the part of one novelist to answer those riddles Tolstoy posed just a year or two earlier in War and Peace. The two novels have often been ...

   kjellika in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Apr 17, 2008, 7:14pm)

   I'm reading War and peace and Middlemarch (both in Norwegian)

   Nickelini in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading Jan-April 08? (Apr 17, 2008, 12:53pm)

   I'm currently reading Middlemarch but am only on chapter 5, so too soon to comment. My other, lighter (physically lighter and also less challenging) read is A Cup of Tea, by Amy Ephron. The author is playing with Katherine Mansfield's short story "A Cup of Tea". When done properly, I love ...

   jhowell in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 17, 2008, 12:16pm)

   I read Middlemarch last year so I'm really not going to participate as you all go along -- but -- I have to speak in its defense . . I gave up on it the first time I tried -- I thought it was dry and dense and boring and I couldn't get into it. I now consider it one of my faves. It ...

   avaland in What Are You Reading Now? : Group Theme Reads and Single Title Group Reads (Apr 17, 2008, 10:43am)

   Middlemarch is soooooo good...wonder if I can squeeze it in ....so many books... Rolling discussion of The Handmaid's Tale begins in May on the Atwoodians Group. I have posted some great introductory material (no spoilers yet) on Damiella in 50 Book Challenge : Damiella's 2008 Book challenge (Apr 17, 2008, 9:08am)

   ... the later part (once the second war with Napoleon started) once it had really caught my attention - then again, seeing Middlemarch is being started over at the Literature Group Reads, I sort of had a bit of time pressure added, didn't want to fall behind after all - just joking!! Really, ...

   digifish_books in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 17, 2008, 7:51am)

   Middlemarch feels a bit like 'muddlemarch' to me at the moment ;) I've read five chapters and spent quite a bit of time looking up the notes at the back of my Penguin Classics edition (which I'd be even more lost without). I haven't tackled an Eliot novel for about 20 years, i.e. Silas Marner. E ...

   digifish_books in What Are You Reading Now? : Group Theme Reads and Single Title Group Reads (Apr 16, 2008, 11:19pm)

   The Group Reads - Literature Group is about to start Middlemarch by George Eliot. http://www.librarything.com/groups/groupreadsliterature

   megwaiteclayton in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Apr 16, 2008, 8:04pm)

   I'm so pleased to see Middlemarch is the pick. I LOVE this book. I just finished rereading War and Peace - though have been less successful at finding my way around the discussion threads as yet. I hope to master that before the discussion gets too far ahead of me, and I can move out of lurking ...

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : About George Eliot (Apr 16, 2008, 3:00pm)

   I like this quotation from the back cover of my edition of Middlemarch: "One of the few English novels written for grown-up people" - Virginia Woolf For some reason this makes me smile. I can just relax and feel like a grown up while reading Middlemarch.

   socialpages in 1001 Books to read before you die : April 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (Apr 16, 2008, 3:55am)

   ... a alternate ending than Capote's book. Still plodding through War and Peace. Less than 200 pages to go and I can start Middlemarch for the group read.

   digifish_books in 1001 Books to read before you die : April 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (Apr 16, 2008, 2:46am)

   And I'm another who has started Middlemarch! Also listening to an unabridged audiobook of Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Somerville and Ross.

   Irisheyz77 in What Are You Reading Now? : New Vocabulary (Apr 16, 2008, 12:33am)

   Some words from the first chapter of Middlemarch plutocracy - (ploo-tok-ruh-see) - noun 1. the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy. 2. a government or state in which the wealthy class rules. 3. a class or group ruling, or exercising power or influence, by virtue of ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Vocabulary (Apr 16, 2008, 12:22am)

   What new words have you learned from reading Middlemarch? Post them here. In the first first chapter I picked up: plutocracy - (ploo-tok-ruh-see) - noun 1. the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy. 2. a government or state in which the wealthy class rules. 3. a ...

   shootingstarr7 in 1001 Books to read before you die : April 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (Apr 15, 2008, 7:32pm)

   ... for me, as it took me from January to March to get through the first fifty pages), and I'm loving it. I also started on Middlemarch today as part of the group read.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 15, 2008, 5:08pm)

   Well, it looks like some members have started reading Middelmarch, so I think I will start on it tomorrow. For the time being I have to use my Norwegian edition (since I haven't got the English one yet). I could use the Gutenberg Project edition, but I don't like very much reading from the screen ...

   Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : April 2008: What are you reading from the 1001 list (Apr 15, 2008, 10:49am)

   I'm reading Middlemarch along with the group read here at LT. So far I'm on chapter 2 with a very long way to go. I also need a small book to throw in my bag today when I take the train downtown, so I just started The 39 Steps by John Buchan (who I always want to call Buchanan).

   littlegeek in Hogwarts Express : Favorite book of 2007? (Apr 15, 2008, 10:45am)

   I enjoyed DH, but the best book I read in 2007 was a reread of Middlemarch. One of the best books ever written in the English language, imho.

   geneg in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 14, 2008, 4:19pm)

   Received Middlemarch today. Joined the group. and am now going to sit down and read it before supper. Catch you in the discussion threads.

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 12 April 2008 (Apr 13, 2008, 8:14pm)

   I have started Middlemarch for the Group Reads-Literature group. I think I'll be reading this one for a while.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 11, 2008, 1:50am)

   ... in the first book of War and peace. I hope to finish it (book 1) this weekend, and then start reading the first book of Middlemarch (in Norwegian since I haven't got the English edition yet). I'll fairly try to follow the group's reading of 'Middlemarch', but I hope to continue my reading of ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Apr 10, 2008, 1:15pm)

   Hey all, the start date poll is officially closed and by general concensous the official start date for Middlemarch is 22 Apr 08. This date is not a rigid one so feel free to start when you can. I'll most likely start this on 9 may. Nothing like a 9 hour plane ride to really get yourself lost ...

   sydamy in Group Reads - Literature : War and Peace - Audio book (Apr 10, 2008, 12:33pm)

   ... Black Dewey Call: 813 The running time is: 60hours 42 min It something I might consider, first I want to tackle Middlemarch

   hemlokgang in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Apr 10, 2008, 7:37am)

   I, too, will likely jump the gun a bit. I leave on vacation tomorrow, and plan on settling into Middlemarch the moment I settle in by the sea.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 10, 2008, 3:34am)

   19- digifish_books ~ Yes, I found the new discussion thread for Middlemarch, but I thought it would be more convenient to create a file, let's say "War and peace" and put all the topics belonging to this book in it. It could be done when all the members had finished the actual book. Just a ...

   digifish_books in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 10, 2008, 2:54am)

   >16, 17 Nickelini, kjellika ~ the first discussion thread for Middlemarch has already been set up for us at http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=33908 As far as I'm aware there will be a separate thread for each of the eight books of Middlemarch.

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 10, 2008, 2:46am)

   ... I'm one of the newbies (to this group, but not new to library thing). What are the so-called rules? I've got my copy of Middlemarch all divided up and ready for reading. I'll start reading in the next few days. What are the posting rules? How does this whole thing work? From what I see, I ...

   ChocolateMuse in 50 Book Challenge : ChocolateMuse's Challenge (Apr 9, 2008, 9:13pm)

   ... my computer at work I get a warm fuzzy feeling of anticipation!!) Oh and one more thing - I'm joining the group read of Middlemarch soon, so my other reading may slow down but won't actually stop, while I plug away at that tome. (so all those who wait with eager anticipation for my next ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 9, 2008, 3:40am)

   I hope we can divide the reading (and the threads) of Middlemarch into eight (or nine including the epilogue) parts following the composition of the novel. Each book consists of 100-130 pages, and I guess I'll use a week or two reading one of the 'books'. It should then take two or three months ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : About George Eliot (Apr 9, 2008, 3:24am)

   ... out the bio from the University of Virginia website (6 pages). I'll read this short biography before starting to read Middlemarch in a couple of weeks. By the way, the quotation of George Eliot I now use as a desktop image. You'll find it if you search for 'George Eliot' at Google (image ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : About George Eliot (Apr 8, 2008, 4:17pm)

   Some extracts from the foreword in my Norwegian edition of Middlemarch: "Over and over again reviewers have pointed out the similarity between the young Dorothea Brooke in 'Middlemarch' and the young female author Marian Evans.( ... ) However, the similarity shouldn't be emphasized too strongly; ...

   perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : Romance on the list? (Apr 8, 2008, 9:04am)

   ... can't really think of any happy ones other than Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre that were already mentioned. Perhaps, Middlemarch would work sorta. I'm not sure about that though. It would depend on your point of view. Perhaps a sad love story is considered more valuable than a happy one? O ...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : About George Eliot (Apr 8, 2008, 3:17am)

   ... our books about her. Then I hope it might be more interesting. I've just read the introduction in my Norwegian edition of Middlemarch, and I'll try to translate some of it into English (about George Eliot) and place it here in some days. And I guess I'll find more about her in my history of ...

   Fourpawz2 in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Apr 7, 2008, 1:12pm)

   I've been lurking here with an eye to joining when you picked your next book, but now, as I read Middlemarch just a few months ago, I've decided to wait for the next one. My question: How long will it be before you all finish and go on to the next book?

   Django6924 in 40-Something Library Thingers : Re-reading High School English Class Novels (Apr 7, 2008, 12:15pm)

   ... Hardy affects me the same way (nothing will get me to reread Jude the Obscure), and even my favorite novel of the period, Middlemarch, is more a tonic than an elixir.

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 6, 2008, 11:16am)

   ... as well. I'm also looking forward to hearing about your comparisons between the Norwegian and English editions of Middlemarch. =)

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 6, 2008, 6:58am)

   I found Middlemarch (in Norwegian) on my bookshelves and from the bookmark it looks like I've already read book 1 and 2. But now I'll have to start reading the novel from the beginning as I don't remember much of the plot and the characters. I guess it's about three or four years since I read the ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Middlemarch: Book I (Apr 5, 2008, 8:07pm)

   ... ball rolling with the first thread. From various comments on the 'Next Book After W&P' thread it seems that most copies of Middlemarch are broken up into 8 books plus a Finale....so that's probably the best way to break up the discussions. =) When you are ready post your thoughts and ...

   Sandydog1 in LT's list of great books you should read : Top 25 (Apr 5, 2008, 3:22pm)

   ... 10. Tom Jones 11. Pride and Prejudice 12. The Origin of Species 13. Great Expectiations 14. Moby Dick 15. Middlemarch 16. War and Peace 17. Anna Kerenina 18. Huckleberry Finn 19. Ulysses 20. The Trial 21. The Sound and the Fury 22. Pale Fire 23. The Plague ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Apr 4, 2008, 12:15pm)

   ... book. In total 76 people voted from around the globe. (Such a great turn out!) The winner with 43.4% of the vote is Middlemarch. The rest of the tally is as follows: Wives and Daughters = 30.3% Forsyte Sage = 15.8% The Moonstone = 10.5% If you haven't don't so already, ...

   kiwidoc in 50 Book Challenge : karenwardill's list 2008 (Apr 2, 2008, 8:47pm)

   22. Middlemarch by George Eliot This is my second attempt at this classic. I managed to get a quarter way through last year, and this year finally did the whole read. Still not a great favourite of mine - I do recognize her great talent, but somehow it is a plow-through for me.

   dancingstarfish in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 (Apr 1, 2008, 10:03pm)

   borders coupon!! Peter Doig, Middlemarch, The Remains of the day and An artist of the floating world wee.. off to read now.

   Jthierer in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 (Apr 1, 2008, 9:51pm)

   ... while to get my TBR shelves to a manageable level. Then I saw the group that was reading War & Peace is considering reading Middlemarch next, so of course I needed that. Then, Borders sent me a coupon, so of course Crowning the Kansas City Royals was necessary. Don't ask me how I'm going to ...

   sydamy in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 (Apr 1, 2008, 3:00pm)

   ... Book Thief, I listened to the audio book. It was wonderful. Hoping to join the GroupRead - Literature group, I bought Middlemarch - technically yesterday but...

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Apr 1, 2008, 2:21pm)

   From the polls Middlemarch is probably the next book to be read. For me it is an advantageous choice since I have this book on my bookshelves (both a Norwegian and (soon) an English edition). I can also see that the start date most likely will be set to April 22 or May 1. That' s nice. Then I can ...

   jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game (Apr 1, 2008, 12:44pm)

   I've read and loved Middlemarch. So then in the same vein -- How 'bout Vanity Fair anyone?

   HeathMochaFrost in 1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game (Apr 1, 2008, 10:57am)

   I've read The Plot against America - yay, I can finally play! I just finished Middlemarch by George Eliot - any takers?

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Mar 31, 2008, 5:35pm)

   My Norwegian edition of Middlemarch (in two volumes) has also got eight books (and an epilogue), and the whole novel consists of about 900 pages. By the way: I've just ordered a paperback edition of 'Middlemarch' from The Norwegian Book Club. It is in English, and I'll use this edition if this ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : MESSAGE BOARD - APRIL 2008 (Mar 31, 2008, 12:46pm)

   The Project Gutenberg version also seems to have 8 books. So if Middlemarch does become the official selection then we can use the books to break up the discussion. Its nice when books allow for easy divisions. =)

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 31, 2008, 12:40pm)

   ... I log in there is at least 1 or 2 new members. =) I'm also gonna have to figure out what I've done with my copy of Middlemarch. Forsyte Saga and Wives and Daughters I know exactly where they are...so it just figures that those didn't make the cut....well officially didn't make the ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 31, 2008, 12:30pm)

   ... have a clear outlier, although it is close. If nothing drastic happens between now and Friday then the next book will be Middlemarch. If people are happy with that I'll close the poll now or I can let it play out until Friday.

   marvas in 50 Book Challenge : Marvas 2008 book counter (Mar 31, 2008, 3:32am)

   ... able to read 120 books this year. In the next three months I want to read: Miss Pettigrew lives for a day, In Europe, Middlemarch, We were the Mulvaney's and Happenstance. Right now I'm reading The Keep by Jennifer Egan.

   kjellika in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 30, 2008, 4:10pm)

   ... to be read in this group, I will surely participate, and I hope it will be easier to get through it then. I thus vote for Middlemarch to be the next book.

   Rarcar1 in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - March. 2008 (Mar 30, 2008, 3:09pm)

   ... Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South by John Jakes and Middlemarch by George Eliot.

   HeathMochaFrost in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008 (Mar 28, 2008, 9:51pm)

   9. It seems that I've given five weeks of my life to Middlemarch. (I wish I could count it as books 9, 10, and 11, as long as it is!) But it was so well worth it. The last quarter or so of it, I'd grown so fond of many of the characters (though certainly not all), and interested to see what ...

   jhowell in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 28, 2008, 1:05pm)

   I say we deduct a deduct a vote from Middlemarch now! ;)

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 28, 2008, 11:52am)

   ... are voting from. =) As of noon-ish EST the results stand as follows Forsyte Saga - 30.8% Wives and Daughters & Middlemarch tied at 26.9% The moonstone is at 15.4% The poll has also been taken by 26 people.

   jhowell in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 27, 2008, 11:26am)

   Cool poll. I have been lurking as I have already read War and Peace and Middlemarch -- loved them both! So I voted for Wives and Daughters. In general I think this idea is great -- I would like to see us focus on books that we know we SHOULD read but are afraid to tackle (like W&P!). F ...

   Irisheyz77 in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 26, 2008, 7:34pm)

   Since we all seem pretty set on choosing one of the books there were listed in the most I created using the top four: Middlemarch, Forstye Saga, The Moonstone and Wives and Daughters. The poll can be found here: http://www.vizu.com/poll-vote.html?n=84102 Vote when you can. I ...

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 25, 2008, 11:15pm)

   ... three times for classes, so I might pass if that's the choice. ------------- Cariola . . . well if it turns out to be Middlemarch, please show up to the discussion with some of your brilliant insights. :-) Great Expectations is high on my to-read list too.

   Cariola in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 25, 2008, 10:27pm)

   ... Wives and Daughters or The Forsyte Saga, both of which have been sitting in my TBR pile for several years. I've read Middlemarch three times for classes, so I might pass if that's the choice.

   hemlokgang in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 25, 2008, 10:17pm)

   ... come is my husband reading interesting articles form the Sunday paper to me every week, which isn't half bad. So, is it Middlemarch?

   Nickelini in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 25, 2008, 4:31pm)

   I'll join the next group read if I have the book--which ever it is--is in my TBR pile. Looks like it might be Middlemarch, in which case I'll see you all back here soon.

   thorold in LT's list of great books you should read : Top 25 (Mar 25, 2008, 6:52am)

   ... children (Rushdie) Valmouth and other novels (Firbank) Gulliver's travels (Swift) The good soldier (Ford) Middlemarch (George Eliot) Austerlitz (Sebald) The ten I had in the other list, plus fifteen others, in no particular order (I may try to tidy them up a bit later). I' ...

   Talbin in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 24, 2008, 6:47pm)

   I'll go for any of them, as long as it's a "classic" rather than a newer novel. Ironically, if it's Middlemarch, I may have to fight my DH for the one copy in the house as he's mentioned he wants to read it soon.

   hemlokgang in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 24, 2008, 6:40pm)

   I would like to read Middlemarch. Like several others, I have had it for a while but not tackled it. The group format is very tempting.

   cabegley in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Middlemarch (Spoilers Here) (Mar 20, 2008, 11:29pm)

   ... group is currently discussing War and Peace, and are trying to decide what to read next. Several people are lobbying for Middlemarch, and I thought you all might be interested in joining in the conversation, either in terms of that book or in possibly discussing a different classic if that's ...

   cabegley in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 20, 2008, 11:27pm)

   The Connecticut Nutmeggers group did a (small) group read of Middlemarch over the summer. We didn't have a whole lot of conversation, and I suspect that one or two of us would be interested in reviving it.

   ladygata in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 20, 2008, 9:19am)

   I've had Middlemarch since I purchased it in London in 1994, and still have not completed it. Perhaps I'd be more likely too if it was a group read.

   ChocolateMuse in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 20, 2008, 2:26am)

   ... just for its sheer length) or The Moonstone (never tried Wilkie Collins but really really want to). I've tried Middlemarch before and not liked it much, but would participate in the group read if that's what was chosen - I'd like to get the the point where I've actually read it. ...

   ChocolateMuse in What Are You Reading Now? : First Line Game Chapter 6 (Mar 19, 2008, 8:45pm)

   Middlemarch by George Eliot

   okie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 15 March 2008 (Mar 19, 2008, 6:32pm)

   Finally finished Middlemarch which I loved. I am wondering what I should read next by George Eliot. I would be interested in any suggestions.

   digifish_books in Group Reads - Literature : Next book? (after War and Peace) (Mar 18, 2008, 12:43am)

   I have a few classics on my TBR, some shorter than others: Wives and Daughters Middlemarch Age of Innocence House of Mirth Portrait of a Lady Forsyte Saga The Moonstone The Diary of a Nobody Villette Otherwise, I'm happy to try and tag along where possible.... :)

   ladygata in The Green Dragon : Happy Pi Day! (Mar 14, 2008, 3:15pm)

   I guess the book of the day would be Life of Pi, followed by Middlemarch tomorrow?

   perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : Best Quotes? (Mar 11, 2008, 10:28pm)

   ... Blood and Guts in High School "Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are." Middlemarch "Listening to music has become a trivial everyday affair as a result of technical progress...This age is totally accompanied by background music." Old Master ...

   okie in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 March 2008 (Mar 7, 2008, 8:38pm)

   Reading (and really liking) Middlemarch.

   usnmm2 in Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red? (Feb 29, 2008, 6:35pm)

   It's funny that you mention Middlemarch because I almost bought it this afternoon

   aces in Book talk : What is the WORST book that youve ever red? (Feb 29, 2008, 5:08pm)

   You should read Middlemarch or The Mill on the Floss

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : It's the hotly anticipated, controversial, lurid and compelling "READ THAT ONE BOOK CHALLENGE!" (Feb 28, 2008, 3:03pm)

   #123 - Different strokes for different folks! I just read Middlemarch for the first time last Summer (along with a few other LT members in another group) and I adored it. On the other hand, I found Frankenstein to be not only NOT scary, but downright unintentionally humorous in places.

   margaretplays in The Green Dragon : It's the hotly anticipated, controversial, lurid and compelling "READ THAT ONE BOOK CHALLENGE!" (Feb 28, 2008, 2:58pm)

   ... of the big ones is Vanity Fair--I've read part of it and loved it, but never finished it. But I've completely given up on Middlemarch. A professor told me it was the greatest book ever written, the one everyone must read, blah blah blah. Hated it. Quit after barely denting it at 300+ pages of ...

   lisacharlotte18 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 February 2008 (Feb 27, 2008, 3:20pm)

   Just finished reading Middlemarch, which I loved, and now reading The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke. I loved Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell so hopefully I'll enjoy this.

   jhowell in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Feb 27, 2008, 11:17am)

   I have to put a shout in for Middlemarch as well. The characters are so well-drawn and the network of interwoven lives and intrigues in the town is so rich. I became very emotionally sucked in and was sad when it ended despite the legnth. It was one of my favorite reads over the last several ...

   perlle in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Feb 26, 2008, 8:07am)

   I finished Middlemarch. It was absolutely wonderful. I have the much shorter Ethan Frome up next.

   HeathMochaFrost in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008 (Feb 24, 2008, 9:47pm)

   ... think I'd even heard of it before looking into that list, and I really think it should be better-known. I'm enjoying Middlemarch enough that I might even turn off the Oscars to read some of it before bed. :-)

   lisacharlotte18 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 23 February 2008 (Feb 24, 2008, 9:07am)

   Hello, my first post here! Am reading Middlemarch at the moment, about half way through and really enjoying it.

   HeathMochaFrost in Recommend Site Improvements : "Currently reading" checkbox (Feb 23, 2008, 6:14pm)

   ... with other things and however it turns out will be fine with me. And, since I'm only 60 pages into the super-large novel Middlemarch, it'll be a while before I'm changing any dates or utilizing checkboxes. ;-)

   perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : Really Long Books (Feb 23, 2008, 8:56am)

   I finished Middlemarch a few days ago. Not the longest, long book, but at 800 pages it's not shabby. I would highly recommend it. It is now one of my favorite books, and I even feel a bit lost now that I am not lugging it around.

   perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for February 2008 (Feb 20, 2008, 9:53am)

   Finished Middlemarch today. Next up is the much shorter Old Masters by Thomas Bernhard.

   Nickelini in I Love Jane Austen : The Man in Your Life and Jane Austen (Feb 19, 2008, 7:21pm)

   ... mild negative comments, but when we finished, every one of them found something good to say about it. Several had studied Middlemarch (George Eliot) the previous term, and they all prefered Austen.

   whitewavedarling in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008 (Feb 18, 2008, 10:02am)

   ... was lovely. I plan on picking up Saturday since I've seen a lot of people on here recommending that one. Good luck with Middlemarch--I'm afraid that's on a short list of books I never was able to make myself finish.

   christiguc in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008 (Feb 17, 2008, 6:15pm)

   ... it, but if the Project Gutenberg audio is good, I may make it my next chores-book (i.e., audiobook). I hope you enjoy Middlemarch!

   HeathMochaFrost in 50 Book Challenge : HeathMochaFrost's reading for 2008 (Feb 17, 2008, 2:47pm)

   ... it's on the 1001 list, and I love Wharton but don't have this one. It IS classic Wharton so far. Next book in line is Middlemarch, my book group's selection for March. I have a copy of it, but might look into making it my next audiobook as well, so I can maybe get further using BOTH ...

   jargoneer in Anglophiles : British Television (Feb 14, 2008, 8:18am)

   ... that US tv companies don't have a problem with. A second point to note is that up until the early 90s and dramas like Middlemarch many of the BBC period adaptations were cheap productions (often made by the educational department) shown on tea-time on a Sunday - they were not the lavish ...

   ostrom in List Five Books Parlour Game : Toward Next Month: Books with "March" in the Title (Feb 12, 2008, 10:24pm)

   ... Saul Bellow The Long March, William Styron Men Who March Away: Poems from the First World War ed. I.M. Parsons Middlemarch, Georg Eliot Sherman's March, Cynthia Bass

   Nickelini in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - FEBRUARY 2008 (Feb 12, 2008, 6:48pm)

   The only things I seem to be able to buy lately are classics. Today it was Middlemarch, by George Eliot and What Maisie Knew, by Henry James. And once more, really nice editions that I couldn't leave sitting on the shelves.

   maryanntherese in 888 Challenge : maryanntherese's 888 (Feb 9, 2008, 12:40pm)

   ... to try. I. Classics 1. Don Quixote 2. The Three Musketeers 3. The Divine Comedy 4. The Canterbury Tales 5. Middlemarch 6. Journal of the Plague Year 7. Pygmalion 8. Bleak House II. Mysteries 1. The Tale of Hawthorn House 2. The Railway Detective 3. Murder on ...

   teelgee in Art is Life : What are you currently reading? (Feb 1, 2008, 1:29am)

   ... War and Peace will follow A.K. (with a book or two in between). Also on the list for the year: Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Brave New World, The Good Earth, Persuasion. All first time reads. And a couple of Shakespeare plays thrown into the mix. Others that I read for the ...

   christiguc in 888 Challenge : christiguc - 888 (Jan 27, 2008, 1:55pm)

   ... by Elaine Dundy North by Seamus Heaney Flashman and the Angel of the Lord by George MacDonald Fraser Middlemarch by George Eliot Black Dog by Stephen Booth Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham

   christiguc in 888 Challenge : christiguc - 888 (Jan 22, 2008, 7:13pm)

   REREADS Can go into only this category. 1) 01/05/08: Flashman and the Angel of the Lord by George MacDonald Fraser 2) 01/11/08: Middlemarch by

   shootingstarr7 in 888 Challenge : shootingstarr7's 888 Challenge (Jan 22, 2008, 6:20am)

   Classics 1. A Room With a View by E.M. Forster 2. Middlemarch by George Eliot 3. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 4. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte 5. Villette by Charlotte Bronte 6. Cecilia by Fanny Burney 7. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 8. Rebecca ...

   perlle in 30-something LibraryThingers : Books re-tried (Jan 21, 2008, 10:07am)

   ... and enjoyed it. (Not sure I would really want to read The Lord of the Rings trilogy though.) Right now I'm reading Middlemarch. I think when I was 20 the 800 pages stopped me because I'm finding the story to be really enjoyable. The tree other titles that I gave up on and now plan to ...

   eba1999 in List Five Books Parlour Game : Around the Year (Jan 18, 2008, 1:06pm)

   The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L'Engle Middlemarch by George Eliot A Widow for One Year by John Irving The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Maybe I'm cheating a tiny bit...?)

   joehutcheon in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Jan 18, 2008, 8:22am)

   My five are mostly re-reads: Lights Out for the Territory Iain Sinclair Before the Fact by Francis Iles Middlemarch by George Eliot Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

   perlle in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Jan 17, 2008, 9:40pm)

   I'm back to Middlemarch. I started it in July and before I got very far, life got crazy. And then I actually physically misplaced the book for three months! Now I'm back in it and really enjoying it. #76 - Funny, I felt the same way about The Twelve Caesars. It was really engaging, but at ...

   CEP in What Are You Reading Now? : Traveling with books (Jan 15, 2008, 4:13am)

   ... is commercial--and downloaded Plucker software for my Palm. Topped that off with downloads of The Age of Innocence, Middlemarch, and The Woman in White. All for free. I haven't read novels in this format yet, but how great to have all that right at hand!

   christiguc in 50 Book Challenge : christiguc - 100 books in 2008 (Jan 11, 2008, 11:09am)

   4. Middlemarch by George Eliot REREAD

   citygirl in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Reading Classics in 2008? (Jan 10, 2008, 4:46pm)

   ... Prince - Machiavelli, not Harry Potter as the touchstone says. Portrait of a Lady Catch-22 Lord of the Flies Middlemarch We'll see. ETA: And, oh yeah, I am currently torturing myself with Proust.

   ChocolateMuse in What Are You Reading Now? : The Clunkers of 2007 (Jan 9, 2008, 9:51pm)

   ... I'm not talking about the timeslip or the 'magic', I mean the characters and their reactions. I really wanted to like Middlemarch. I really really did want to, and still do. Anyone want to convince me of why it's good? All I could see was a female author with a hangup about being female, ...

   christiguc in Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women (Jan 9, 2008, 11:23am)

   >59: After reading your list yesterday, that's exactly what I thought! So, Middlemarch got to take the commute with me today. :)

   avaland in Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women (Jan 9, 2008, 10:10am)

   Geesh, I really need to reread from my Atwood collection. But, I'd rather reread Middlemarch again:-)

   avaland in Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women (Jan 8, 2008, 11:26am)

   ... short fiction in this category also. Wonder why. I have not heard of most of these, but have read the same three you have. Middlemarch is a masterpiece, imo. I have not been a big short fiction reader in the past, but in the last few years I have started to pay more attention to them. I did ...

   Cariola in Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women (Jan 8, 2008, 10:45am)

   ... sentence probably describes just about every book I've ever read! And yet I've only read a few on the list: Cat's Eye, Middlemarch, The Country of the Pointed Firs. I'm surprised to see so many short story collections there. One I would definitely add is Joan Silber's Ideas of Heave ...

   avaland in Girlybooks : 500 Great Books by Women (Jan 8, 2008, 9:06am)

   ... from the German) Later the Same Day, Grace Paley (short stories) The Lover of Horses, Tess Gallagher (short stories) Middlemarch, George Eliot (novel) The Mixquiahila Letters, Ana Castillo (novel) Rain of Scorpions and Other Stories, Estaeler Portillo Trambley (short stories) Rich ...

   littlegeek in The Green Dragon : Best books, and worst books, that you read in 2007 (Jan 5, 2008, 8:16pm)

   I'm with clam, it doesn't get better than Middlemarch. Worst, hmmm, probably Cryptonomicon. blech.

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : Best books, and worst books, that you read in 2007 (Jan 5, 2008, 8:03pm)

   Hmmm, let me go look at my list. FICTION Best: Middlemarch by George Eliot Worst: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer NON-FICTION Best: Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama Worst: Red Zone Blues by Pepe Escobar

   Nickelini in 888 Challenge : Nickelini's 888 (Jan 5, 2008, 12:01pm)

   ... notes, intro, etc, my edition has 1039 p 3. Family Matters, by Rohinton Mistry (completed April 2008), 487 p 4. Middlemarch, by George Eliot (completed May 2008), 889 p 5. Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood (completed June 2008), 564 p 6. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver ...

   bookseller525 in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - JANUARY 2008 (Jan 4, 2008, 12:13pm)

   ... Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard The Grass Harp Including a Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman Capote Middlemarch by George Eliot Vanity Fair by William Thackeray Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventu ...

   yarb in Someone explain it to me... : Catcher in the Rye (Jan 2, 2008, 12:03pm)

   ... / evening. I'd say it's worth that amount of time to at least get to the end and view it as a whole. We're not talking Middlemarch here. So, why not?

   lisalouhoo in 888 Challenge : lisalouhoo's 888 (Jan 1, 2008, 11:28am)

   ... Eliot 6. The Professors House by Willa Cather (completed 7/1/08) 7. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott 8. Middlemarch by George Eliot

   teelgee in What Are You Reading Now? : Reading goals for 2008 (Dec 27, 2007, 11:10pm)

   ... for 100 books in '08. I have several huge tomes on my TBR pile - War and Peace, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Middlemarch, among others - but I'm also retiring in October (yes!!!!!!!), so I think the two will balance out. I also plan to: *read more classics that I somehow ...

   perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : December 2007: Which of the 1001 books are you reading? (Dec 26, 2007, 4:46pm)

   I finished A Christmas Carol on Christmas Day. Now, seriously, I am finally going back to Middlemarch.

   avaland in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Dec 19, 2007, 8:38am)

   ... Prize, 2007) Twilight by Stephanie Meyers Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (many awards, including a Commonwealth Prize) Middlemarch, George Eliot Of course, the month isn't over yet... And looking back on the 2006 list, which is avaland in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Dec 19, 2007, 8:19am)

   ... Cage by Karen Connelly The Road by Cormac McCarthy Twilight by Stephanie Meyers Book Thief, by Markus Zusak Middlemarch, George Eliot Of course, the month isn't over yet...

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Dec 17, 2007, 8:12pm)

   I think I can do this now -- I supose something fabulous could come along and cause me to edit. in order: Middlemarch George Eliot (2) The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles (3) A Bend in the River V.S. Naipaul (2) Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry (4) I am Charlotte Simmons Tom ...

   Fourpawz2 in 50 Book Challenge : Fourpawz2 trying for 60 (Dec 17, 2007, 12:13pm)

   No. 65 - Middlemarch by George Eliot - Took forever for me to finish this. I'd like to blame the three weeks it took me to finish it on the season, but that wouldn't be true. Really liked it and would read it again. It was very dense and unexpectedly funny in spots.

   teelgee in 50 Book Challenge : Jumping in the pool with my books (Dec 11, 2007, 3:18pm)

   Yah, Joyce, except -- I have War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and Middlemarch on my TBR-soon pile; a bunch of doorstops! That'll slow down my numbers considerably! Maybe I'll read novellas in between.

   teelgee in Reading Globally : Describe your reading year (Dec 6, 2007, 5:24pm)

   ... Austen for the first time (Sense and Sensibility); The Grapes of Wrath; and will soon be tackling War and Peace and Middlemarch. I’ve also been reading a lot of British lit which I hadn’t much before. I’ve always been interested in reading lit from and about other countries/cu ...

   mmignano11 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 December 2007 (Dec 6, 2007, 5:09pm)

   ... all-time favorites, the original Dracula by Bram StokerThe movie with Keanu reeves is suprisingly close to the book. Middlemarch I loved, though it took quite some time to finish, and as for Greg Iles he is another favorite for audiobook enjoyment.

   wisewoman in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five books read during 2007 (Dec 5, 2007, 9:30am)

   ... rereads): • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke • The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield • Middlemarch by George Eliot • The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (pending; I'm about halfway through)

   Fourpawz2 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 December 2007 (Dec 4, 2007, 2:43pm)

   Am into my second week of Middlemarch. It's a pretty dense book, but very good. Started it once before, but got distracted. #105, #107 & #108 - I agree about The Fiery Cross, but only up to a point. Once I got past all the baby poop and discussions of the difficulties of doing baby laundry ...

   Kplatypus in 1001 Books to read before you die : December 2007: Which of the 1001 books are you reading? (Dec 4, 2007, 1:41pm)

   Just bit into Middlemarch last night. I also picked up Watchmen from the library yesterday and, of course, I'm still working on Tristram Shandy, little by little, piece by piece.

   saucybetty in Geeks who love the Classics : What are your favorite classics? (Dec 4, 2007, 1:30pm)

   ... off by The Great Gatsby in high school and was amazed at the prose style. My favorite classics though would have to be Middlemarch (I've read it three times!), A Room with A View and Vanity Fair. Pretty conventional I guess. Although I really don't generally like Dickens, I must ...

   frogbelly in 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? (Dec 3, 2007, 9:01pm)

   Middlemarch. Now and forever. I can open it at any point and just start reading. My weimaraner recently made short work of my trade paperback, though. grrr. Great idea for a group, Lhea.

   jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : Top 5 from the list read in 2007 (Dec 2, 2007, 7:22pm)

   Middlemarch was my absoulte favorite. Grapes of Wrath To Kill a Mockingbird Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee and A Bend in the River by Naipaul (?I think thats on the list) Worst, worst, worst -- Ulysses

   wisewoman in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 November 2007 (Nov 29, 2007, 4:03pm)

   It took me 200 pages to get excited about Middlemarch but I'm so glad I stuck it out. Big payoff at the end. I think I will read Life, the Universe, and Everything tonight. Less and less am I wanting to go back to The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency...

   Cariola in What Are You Reading Now? : Book "Couplings" (Nov 23, 2007, 4:15pm)

   ... Adventures in Wonderland and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales and The Bloody Chamber Middlemarch and Possession Tom Jones and The Rachel Papers Frankenstein and sexing the Cherry Gulliver's Travels and Atomised The Inferno and Sabbath's ...

   perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : November 2007: Which of the 1001 Books Are You Currently Reading? (Nov 7, 2007, 11:05am)

   I just finished Blood and Guts in High School. Back to Middlemarch now.

   readingrat in 1001 Books to read before you die : November 2007: Which of the 1001 Books Are You Currently Reading? (Nov 2, 2007, 4:02pm)

   Middlemarch

   ladygata in Book talk : What the Dickens? (Oct 29, 2007, 10:11pm)

   Thanks for the suggestions! No Barnaby Rudge? #8: Kind of an ironic comparison: I haven't quite finished Middlemarch either, even though I bought it in August of 1994...how's that for procrastination?

   MrJessDub in Book talk : What the Dickens? (Oct 29, 2007, 6:46pm)

   ... shortage of black humor, and perhaps some of Dickens' more deeply touching moments. I like to compare Bleak House to Middlemarch; although Dickens' and Eliot's concepts of realism are quite different, the authors of both novels are laying out their analyses of early, early-mid Victorian ...

   digifish_books in What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? (Oct 11, 2007, 3:56am)

   ... Now The Story of Lucy Gault Suite Francaise Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography Wives and Daughters Middlemarch and a few others! Fortunately, there's no rush :D

   cabegley in What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 3rd quarter 2007 July-September (really) (Sep 30, 2007, 1:21pm)

   ... choices down this quarter. FICTION 1. Restoration by Rose Tremain 2. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 3. Middlemarch by George Eliot 4. The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly 5. (tie) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (tie) Harry Potter and the Deathly ...

   littlebookworm in 50 Book Challenge : littlebookworm's new challenge thread (Sep 23, 2007, 10:38am)

   ... of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling 110. North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses - A.J. Pollard 111. Middlemarch - George Eliot 112. Murphy - Samuel Beckett 113. The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien 114. The Life of Elizabeth I - Alison Weir Some ...

   littlebookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 3rd quarter 2007 July-September (really) (Sep 22, 2007, 9:34am)

   ... and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson Middlemarch by George Eliot

   mydomino1978 in 50 Book Challenge : August a little late (Sep 17, 2007, 8:41pm)

   ... scarlet Letter on line between patients as also the Evil Guest, lady chatterly's lover, Dr. Jeckyl and Mr Hyde and Middlemarch. Obviously not enough patients this month. I didn't really care for any of the online books and Jeckyl was a real disappointment. I also read The Robber Bride ...

   Cariola in Historical Fiction : American Heritage list of novels (Sep 17, 2007, 6:52pm)

   Well, some of these don't quite fit. Middlemarch is a BRITISH Victorian novel; Garrett may be American, but these books are about Elizabethan England. (I've only read Entered from the Sun; it's about Christopher Marlowe's death.) Interesting list, though!

   Seajack in Audiobooks : What Are You Listening To Now? Part 2 (Sep 16, 2007, 10:12pm)

   I've taken a break from Middlemarch to sandwich in Grave Surprise, Messenger of Truth, and Miss Julia Strikes Back.

   jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : Toughest books to get through (Sep 11, 2007, 10:24am)

   ... perambulations; masturbation. Personally, I think he needed to get over himself. On the other hand -- I loved, loved Middlemarch -- although it took me two tries. I gave up on it in my twenties, but recently re-read it in my thirties and couldn't put it down.

   frogbelly in The Literati : Favourite Book(s) (Sep 11, 2007, 12:01am)

   Middlemarch by George Eliot is my favorite book. I know that lots of people find it depressing, but i really don't see that. It's like life. Her characters are the most realistically complex and relatable that I've ever read.

   frogbelly in Book talk : List ten books that... (Sep 9, 2007, 11:28pm)

   ... Austen The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Middlemarch by George Eliot The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Chronicles of ...

   cabegley in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Middlemarch (Spoilers Here) (Sep 6, 2007, 11:00pm)

   Hmm, that could be . . . I have to dig up my copy of Middlemarch now. clamairy, I highly recommend the Tomalin biography. (My guess is I could say that about any biography she's written. The few I've read of hers so far have sent me to list all of her books on my bookmooch wishlist.) I ...

   clamairy in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Middlemarch (Spoilers Here) (Sep 6, 2007, 6:35pm)

   Hey, I bought that a few months ago! It's on my obscenely large TBR stack. :o) Isn't Middlemarch set closer to Jane Austen's time than it is to Eliot's time?

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III (Sep 4, 2007, 7:53am)

   ... In the last couple of weeks I've finished off The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Summer Reading by Hilma Wolitzer, Middlemarch by George Elliot, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis, and now I'm reading On the Road, by Jack Kerouac.

   littlebookworm in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III (Sep 1, 2007, 8:55am)

   ... together with my friends and starting my senior year of college (!). So, I've been reading The Life of Elizabeth I and Middlemarch for some time now. I'm also reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and Russia : a history by Gregory L. Freeze for classes, ...

   clamairy in Book Clubs : August check-in! (Aug 30, 2007, 9:05am)

   ... Summer Reading, which I expected to be 100% fluff. It turned out to be halfway decent. The crème de la crème for me was Middlemarch, which I finished for the Nutmeggers group here on LibraryThing. I can't use enough superlatives to describe this book.

   Mr.Durick in Art is Life : What are you currently reading? (Aug 30, 2007, 2:07am)

   ... I go to bed in a few minutes I will read from among A Song of Love and Death: The Meaning of Opera by Peter Conrad, Middlemarch by George Eliot, Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris by Ian Kershaw, and Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept by James W. Sire. I am a late-comer ...

   mrsradcliffe in 1001 Books to read before you die : Toughest books to get through (Aug 28, 2007, 7:31am)

   Middlemarch does go on and on. Never been much of a George Eliot fan myself though!

   Seajack in Audiobooks : What Are You Listening To Now? Part 2 (Aug 24, 2007, 12:28pm)

   Almost 2 hours into 31 of Middlemarch by George Eliot. Rather slow going so far, but guess I've been spoiled by all that Trollope and Dickens ....

   clamairy in Happy Heathens : Proposed group read: Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain - should we? (Aug 20, 2007, 10:37am)

   I'd like to join in as well, but I'll be late. I'm only about 3/5ths of the way through Middlemarch which I'm reading for the LT Nutmeggers Group. I keep having to set that aside to read books for my Real Life book clubs. It's been MONTHS since I've had the luxury of picking up something to read ...

   mydomino1978 in 50 Book Challenge : July so far (Aug 18, 2007, 1:34pm)

   ... have to say that while these books weren't bad, they won't be on my top 10 of the year either. I am still slogging through Middlemarch off and on - mostly when my boss is out of the clinic and we don't have patients. I have five more books on my TBR shelf, but a new order from Amazon due any ...

   littlegeek in The Green Dragon : "A mummified what?" - GD mention (Aug 16, 2007, 11:50am)

   There's a pub called the Green Dragon in Middlemarch, too. They mostly meet the to discuss politics, tho. I'd rather have the mummified cat.

   cabegley in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Middlemarch (Spoilers Here) (Aug 8, 2007, 4:23pm)

   ... no idea what she's really like until it's far too late. I read Gone with the Wind pretty much right after finishing Middlemarch (HP7 in between), and I have to say Scarlett seems far worse to me (her work ethic notwithstanding). Scarlett's misdeeds had a negative (or potentially negative) ...

   Jesse_wiedinmyer in Book talk : What are you rereading? (Aug 7, 2007, 4:40pm)

   ... in A.S. Byatt's take on Middlemarch.

   littlegeek in Book talk : What are you rereading? (Aug 7, 2007, 11:37am)

   Right now i'm rereading Middlemarch. After reading a bunch of fantasy books, Harry Potter among them, it's so nice to read beautiful prose!

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : Re-reading books, vice or virtue? (Aug 7, 2007, 11:07am)

   ... I am going to either re-try a classic that I gave up on in the past, or re-read a favorite. I did that this year with Middlemarch which I had given up on ~ 15 years ago -- and I loved it! It astounded me to think it had been sitting on my shelf all these years, unloved. I am going to re-try ...

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III (Aug 6, 2007, 8:51am)

   I finished my ARC of Tipperary yesterday, and I'm back in the middle of Middlemarch. I may have to set that aside for two real-life book club books, though.

   Falkin81b in 18th-19th Century Britain : 18th-19th Century Britain Message Board (Aug 4, 2007, 3:08am)

   ... Villette (Charlotte), The Tenant of Wakefielt Hall (Anne) and Wuthering Heights (Emily). George Eliot: Middlemarch. I read that book some times ago in german translation and found it a little gem as well. Now I got it in its original language and will read it soon again! ...

   littlegeek in The Green Dragon : The excitment of the new or the comfort of the old (Aug 2, 2007, 9:54am)

   ... bit hard to contemplate reading something new, especially any of the many fantasy titles I've got in the TBR. I'm rereading Middlemarch right now because it's completely different from Harry and I know I love it. I'll probably read a Patrick O'Brian after this before starting anything new. ...

   poeticmedic in What Are You Reading Now? : Watershed Novels (Jul 26, 2007, 7:42am)

   ... relive my english lit days and made me rethink about the world in a different way when I felt stultified by work and life Middlemarch favourite book in my BA in literature Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood

   cabegley in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Book Club (Jul 24, 2007, 8:12am)

   ... of Barnes & Noble during the countdown to midnight, trying to block out all the excited chatter as I read the end of Middlemarch (and ultimately read the last 15 pages when I got home around 12:30 or so, before reading HP until my body insisted on going to bed around 3:30). (And it's a ...

   cabegley in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (Jul 23, 2007, 5:56pm)

   I finished Middlemarch, which was a difficult but rewarding read. I am now reading Gone with the Wind and Around the World in Eighty Days (the latter via DailyLit). ETA--I've read GWTW many times before, so it doesn't really count as chipping away at the list. This time it's for my book ...

   cabegley in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 21 July 2007 (Jul 22, 2007, 9:20pm)

   ... it. Lev Grossman is the Time magazine book reviewer, and I think all those years of reading paid off. I finished Middlemarch Saturday night while waiting in Barnes & Noble for midnight to arrive. I found Middlemarch to be a tough but very rewarding read. HP7 was a very satisfying ...

   rbhardy3rd in Persephone Readers : Elizabeth Taylor (Jul 18, 2007, 6:18am)

   ... professor to stay-at-home father. Elizabeth Taylor seemed like a kindred spirit: someone who had read and appreciated Middlemarch, but who also knew what it was like to rinse out diapers in the toilet.

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : Have you bought ANY books lately? Do tell! (Part II) (Jul 17, 2007, 4:33pm)

   I've been soooo bad lately. :o( Somebody stop me. No... don't. ;o) The UPS man brought me these: Middlemarch by George Eliot Battle Ready by Tom Clancy and Tony Zinni Summer Reading : a novel by Hilma Wolitzer

   littlegeek in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III (Jul 16, 2007, 12:40am)

   Keep at it noonlight. Knitting is the bomb! I'm rereading Middlemarch, and it's clamairy's fault! Well, until Deathly Hallows comes out that is.

   cabegley in Reading Globally : Where in the World Are You Know? July 2007 (Jul 13, 2007, 3:58pm)

   I am engaged in vying for an inheritance in a dying old man's house in Middlemarch, in early 17th-century England.

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : Tell us what you are reading now, part III (Jul 10, 2007, 7:05pm)

   I'm actually working on To Ride Hell's Chasm and Middlemarch. Both of these books are for LibraryThing shared reads! :o) One for in here, of course, and the other for my Connecticut Nutmeggers group.

   cabegley in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 July 2007 (Jul 8, 2007, 8:15am)

   I am now reading Middlemarch--we'll be discussing it in the Connecticut Nutmeggers group here on LT.

   cabegley in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (Jul 8, 2007, 8:09am)

   I am reading Middlemarch, which we'll be discussing in the Connecticut Nutmeggers group here on LT.

   digifish_books in What did YOU buy today? : What did you buy today (July, 2007)? (Jul 8, 2007, 4:52am)

   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Middlemarch by George Eliot Dickens by Peter Ackroyd The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (a freebie the bookstore threw in :)

   perlle in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Jul 7, 2007, 11:13pm)

   I'm about to start Middlemarch.

   digifish_books in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - July 2007 (Jul 6, 2007, 9:13pm)

   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Middlemarch by George Eliot Dickens by Peter Ackroyd The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (the bookstore threw this one in for free :)

   avaland in Girlybooks : Positive Representations? (Jul 3, 2007, 9:02am)

   ... Ingersoll. Q. (with regards to Surfacing). Were you trying to create a positive heroine, the way George Eliot did in Middlemarch? Atwood: Is Dorothea so positive? Look where she ends up. What you have in Middlemarch is an idealistic young woman living in a society which will not ...

   avaland in Atwoodians : Margaret speaks... (Jul 3, 2007, 8:58am)

   ... Again. Q. (with regards to Surfacing). Were you trying to create a positive heroine, the way George Eliot did in Middlemarch? Atwood: Is Dorothea so positive? Look where she ends up. What you have in Middlemarch is an idealistic young woman living in a society which will not ...

   tropics in List Five Books Parlour Game : One word says it all... (Jul 2, 2007, 6:07pm)

   Middlemarch - George Eliot Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier Caravans - James Michener Headhunter - Timothy Findley Exodus - Leon Uris

   cabegley in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Book Club (Jul 1, 2007, 9:28am)

   Yikes! I feel like I'm back in college--I've procrastinated too much on my reading. I don't think I realized just how long Middlemarch is. Add to that my RL book club and our planned discussion of Gone with the Wind (which I've not started yet, although I have read it MANY times in the past) ...

   arukiyomi in Book talk : Pride & Prejudice is only a two dimensional novel (Jun 29, 2007, 4:08am)

   wow... seem to have started something here! @jhowell - I agree that Middlemarch was more fleshed out. But I thought it was too full of the political scene. I had to wade through this to figure out what the story was. Jane Austen has a huge advantage in terms of there being a beginning ...

   fannyprice in Book talk : Pride & Prejudice is only a two dimensional novel (Jun 28, 2007, 2:55pm)

   ... larger political issues, our daily problems and "trivial" concerns are really the stuff of our lives, I think. I read Middlemarch years ago in a course on Religion & Literature - I need to re-read it for fun because the course setting really killed it for me. :) I hope I didn't come ...

   jhowell in Book talk : Pride & Prejudice is only a two dimensional novel (Jun 28, 2007, 2:47pm)

   ... that I don't love Austen; I have read everything she's ever written and I'm a huge fan. But after recently reading Middlemarch -- I just felt just a smidge like Arukiyomi (#1) -- there is so much MORE she could have said in regards to not just the historical context, but the inner ...

   jhowell in Book talk : Pride & Prejudice is only a two dimensional novel (Jun 28, 2007, 12:38pm)

   ... -- ~85 or so read so far. Pride and Predjudice and Mansfield Park are my favorite Austen's. But personally I liked Middlemarch better than anything Austen wrote. I think in part because of what you are saying -- all was more fleshed out; three-dimensional. As much as I love Jane -- ...

   clamairy in The Green Dragon : Current To Be Read Lists (Jun 27, 2007, 9:55am)

   ... to read in July for various book clubs, both real life and here on LT. To Ride Hell's Chasm A Lantern in Her Hand Middlemarch Summer Reading* by Hilma Wolitzer *touchstone points to wrong book

   jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : Best books (Jun 26, 2007, 7:34am)

   I have got to put my vote in for Middlemarch -- I know it is not for everyone; but it is a book to get lost in if you like 19th century English lit. It is so good on so many different levels -- the prose, the story, the characters.

   teelgee in What Are You Reading Now? : What book came into your home today? - June 2007 (Jun 25, 2007, 3:05pm)

   Went a little nuts at Powells, I'm starting a classics binge: Anna Karenina Sense and Sensibility 1984 Middlemarch The Grapes of Wrath and a historical book about 17th century New England, The Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Books read first half of 2007 January-June (Jun 25, 2007, 7:19am)

   1. Middlemarch (2) 2. A Bend in the River (2) 3. I am Charlotte Simmons (1) 4. Katherine (1) 5. To Kill a Mockingbird (2) It has been a good first half of the year -- Between Library thing; 1001 novels to read before you die, and trying to commit myself to reading the classics -- ...

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 2nd quarter 2007 April - June (Jun 22, 2007, 7:31am)

   Well - the quarter is not over yet -- but I think I can safely do this: 1. Middlemarch - George Eliot 2. A Bend in the River - V.S. Naipaul 3. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee 4. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield 5. The Secret History - Donna Tartt I ...

   jhowell in Book talk : Favorite Book (Jun 19, 2007, 11:31am)

   ... favorite. Mine: One Hundred Years of Solitude; A Fine Balance; Gone with the Wind; and my new instant favorite -- Middlemarch

   jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : Books that you dread (Jun 19, 2007, 11:21am)

   ... speak fondly about it but it is seems required reading for a self-respecting bibliophile. I did go back and re-try Middlemarch and I absolutely loved it the second time around!

   cabegley in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Book Club (Jun 5, 2007, 5:25pm)

   I would be happy to read Middlemarch. I just finished Silas Marner this morning, and I'm game for another Eliot.

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 June 2007 (Jun 5, 2007, 1:36pm)

   lstrand (#91) -- totally agree with you about Middlemarch -- loved it. #79; 91; 92 -- I have only read two Philip Roth's American Pastoral and The Human Stain. I enjoyed them both with the caveat being they are hard to get into, but are worth it in the end. I am ~100 pages into The ...

   clamairy in Connecticut Nutmeggers : Book Club (Jun 5, 2007, 10:39am)

   Nice list. The only one I have read previously is Madame Bovary. I'd vote for Middlemarch, just because the size isn't as intimidating to carry around. War and Peace just seems like a Winter read to me, for some odd reason. Are you suffering from any culture shock, perlle? I moved to CT ...

   strandbooks in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 June 2007 (Jun 4, 2007, 6:21am)

   ... I must have been in the 5th or 6th grade I think. I'd love to reread it again Jhowell--I completly agree with you about Middlemarch. I also loved Silas Marner. Right now I'm reading The Light in August by William Faulkner. I'm really enjoying it.

   chire in 50 Book Challenge : Chire's 50 (Jun 3, 2007, 6:30pm)

   ... er 19. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore 20. Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi 21. Vimanarama by Grant Morrison 22. Middlemarch by George Eliot

   jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (Jun 3, 2007, 6:09pm)

   Finished Middlemarch -- loved it! Just started The Secret History. #171 Kell -- I loved that short, strange novel. #168 - jo - I was disappointed in Saturday. #172 - loved, of course, The Lord of the Rings, I am always surprised to find there are people who don't.

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 2 June 2007 (Jun 3, 2007, 6:03pm)

   I finished Middlemarch today -- I absolutely loved it. I concede it is not for everyone -- but it was delightfully long full of marriages, livings, scandals, gossip, inheritences, illnessses, flirtations -- quintessential 19th century English literature. An instant desert island favorite. I ...

   jhowell in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (May 29, 2007, 7:44am)

   I recently finished A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul - fantastic! and I started Middlemarch by George Elliot. I gave up on this novel ~ 10 years ago in my 20's due to boredom. Now - halfway through, I can't believe I stopped it. Its engrossing. It is like a Jane Austen, who I love, ...

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 May 2007 (May 27, 2007, 6:25pm)

   After giving up ~ 10 years ago, I started Middlemarch again this weekend. Although I am older and wiser and used to reading more challenging and older books now -- I realize why I put it aside all those years ago. A bit of a snoozer so far (pg 175) - but I am getting into more as I go along. I ...

   littlebookworm in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - May 2007 (May 15, 2007, 5:03am)

   ... Mistress - Christie Dickason Forest Mage - Robin Hobb and at Waterstones, before I discovered that shop: Middlemarch - George Eliot My TBR pile is out of control!

   AndrewBlackman in Book talk : Read to the end or give up? (May 6, 2007, 2:19pm)

   ... book... and, OK, I did skim through a few of the more bizarre hallucinations towards the end. With weightier tomes like Middlemarch and Mill on the Floss I have admitted defeat about a third of the way through. But in general I'm a finisher. Sometimes I get a nice surprise too -- a book ...

   avaland in Book talk : book group suggestions (May 1, 2007, 2:57pm)

   ... so many, many books!!!!! For classics I recommend splitting larger books up into more than one month of reading. We did Middlemarch in two months. Some ideas: read a classic and then watch the movie: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell or Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte have recent TV ...

   pechmerle in Awful Lit. : I Love You Guys! (Apr 17, 2007, 4:28am)

   Middlemarch is a work of genius. But if you want an Eliot to hate, just try her Romola -- set in Renaissance Florence and so buried in details that she herself provides hundreds of footnotes. I've never been able to get ten pages into it without glazing over.

   LA2 in Swedish Thing : Pocketböckerna du måste köpa (Mar 23, 2007, 7:11pm)

   ... 14. James Ellroy - En amerikansk myt 15. Don Delillo - Vitt brus (White noise) 16. George Eliot - Middlemarch 17. Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks 18. Fjodor Dostojevskij - Brott och straff 19. Erik Beckman - Inlandsbanan 20. Edgar Allan Poe - ...

   miss_read in Book Clubs : What books do YOU wish your book club would read? (Mar 20, 2007, 2:42pm)

   ... to choose, the other club members all groan because they know they're going to be forced to read To the Lighthouse or Middlemarch. I don't read classics strictly; in fact, I like a good mix. But I do feel that our Book Club reads ought to be a little more balanced, and it always falls to ...

   ann163125 in Anglophiles : 19th Century British Literature (Mar 17, 2007, 6:09pm)

   Yes, I love Middlemarch but my favourite George Eliot is Daniel Deronda. Until recently it seems to have been the neglected work, but there have been both television and radio adaptations that have brought it into greater prominence. I've been smitten since I was about eighteen.

   avaland in Anglophiles : 19th Century British Literature (Mar 17, 2007, 5:35pm)

   ... wonderful! (I compulsively buy most BBC and A&E adaptations of 18th and 19th century British literature). Anyone fond of Middlemarch?

   amancine in 50 Book Challenge : amancine's 50 book challenge: I will try for 100 books (Mar 15, 2007, 9:06pm)

   ... by Jeffrey Eugenides - I so didn't know what this book was about before I got into it - I thought it was something like Middlemarch! I liked it very much, but it was more than I ever wanted to know about Detroit. 14. Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog by Kitty Burns Florey - Yes, I did ...

   SlithyTove in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Mar 3, 2007, 5:38am)

   ... I, on the other hand, can't believe there are folks who hate To Kill a Mockingbird, or The Lord of the Rings, or Middlemarch. Interesting how often Hemingway comes up. Is it because many people have lost the taste for his style? Or just because so many people are exposed to him ...

   jhowell in Book talk : Books You Tried to Read and Would LIke to Try Again (Feb 24, 2007, 6:25pm)

   My two big ones are Middlemarch and The Brothers Karamazov. I tried these in my early to mid twenties -- maybe a decade and a whole lot of life events later will make a difference. (or maybe not). At least my attention span is better, and I have more tolerance for painful things which might be ...

   strandbooks in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 Feb 2007 (Feb 5, 2007, 9:58am)

   I'm reading Middlemarch by George Elliot. It has taken me about a month to finish, but I really enjoyed it. Silas Marner is in my top 10 list. This isn't as good, but well worth it. I plan to finish tonight and then I'll move on to The Thirteenth Tale

   Eurydice in Canon : Canon experiment (Feb 1, 2007, 12:22pm)

   ... it can be a two-edged sword; but I don't think I can say anything very valuable, here. I'd take a Bible and leave out Middlemarch, much though I have loved it. (The only reaction, off the top of my head; and despite NOT wanting to deprive us of at least one book by a woman.)

   twacorbies in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Jan 17, 2007, 3:43pm)

   Middlemarch took me nearly two years to finish. I can't imagine reading another book by George Eliot. I can't believe that anyone would consider that book readable. Is there anyone here who would recommend it unreservedly? I agree with the posters above that sometimes your life and a book ...

   avaland in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 13 January 2007 (Jan 14, 2007, 1:38pm)

   ... Kiki), I find the parts they play in the satire intriguing. Levi, for example. Or Victoria. #5, #28 & #42. I also love Middlemarch and it is enhanced, I think, by reading some essays on it (or just the wikipedia entry) and also watching the dramatization CommonReeda recommends (Rufus Sewall ...

   CommonReeda in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 13 January 2007 (Jan 14, 2007, 11:59am)

   Re middlemarchI love the book and would also recommend the BBC dramatised version from the early 1990s, available on DVD and very true to the book.

   jhowell in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 13 January 2007 (Jan 13, 2007, 2:07pm)

   ... starting Delillo's White Noise - I have never read anything of his; so we'll see. skoshy - I just could not finish Middlemarch and I love Jane Austen - I may try again at some point. I read While I was Gone by Sue Miller recently too, alleycat. Definately a page turner; but the ...

   AsYouKnow_Bob in Book talk : Fun with libraries (Jan 7, 2007, 1:37am)

   ... Orwell's 1984, 7,049 copies. (The Harry Potter books are in the house, but they belong to my kids.) 100th: Middlemarch, George Eliot, 1,546 copies 10% from top (#1,108): Now Wait for Last Year, Philip K. Dick, 176 copies 50% (#5,541): Veblen's The Theory of Business Ente ...

   alabaster in Book talk : To Be Read Thread (Dec 16, 2006, 7:19pm)

   ... - so I'm 'stocking up'! Just yesterday I got The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Portrait of a Lady, Don Quixote and Middlemarch for $5 each, brand new copies! How Could I walk past that! ...and they're all great, I can't choose which to start first!

   mypcjen in MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : What books do YOU wish your book club would read? (Dec 3, 2006, 6:09pm)

   ... - but we've found that turnouts are not as high, perhaps because the classics are tougher to slog through? Jackie just did Middlemarch and coming up we're getting some more classics on our My People Connection schedule -- including Gone With the W ...

   betterthanchocolate in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Nov 23, 2006, 9:57am)

   ... if picked up at just the right time (by age, or my mood, or where I'm located geographically). This happened with Eliot's Middlemarch; somehow I happened on the story of Dr. Lydgate's struggle for a meaningful career at just the right moment in the arc of my own life. Other thoughts on what ...

   avaland in MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : Book Club Classics (Nov 14, 2006, 3:10pm)

   Middlemarch - though take at least two months to read it...then, er...can't decide on number 2...

   MMcM in LibraryThing Challenges : Stump the Unsuggester (Nov 13, 2006, 11:02am)

   ... A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament : and other early Christian literature by Walter Bauer: it's there under Middlemarch and Wuthering Heights. But a whole lot of us have A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature; a translation and ...

   thatbooksmell in What did YOU buy today? : What did YOU buy today? Message Board (Nov 10, 2006, 8:05pm)

   ... Amazon: The Prestige by Christopher Priest King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Middlemarch by George Eliot The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens The first 4 books in the Dame Frevisse Medieval Mystery series (I've ...

   EricaKline in Reading Great Books : Great Books I have read (Nov 9, 2006, 1:54pm)

   ... read all of Jane Austen, to be specific) Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Great Expectations Charles Dickens (movie) Middlemarch George Eliot The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert (movie) Dead Souls Nikolai Gogol The Old Man and the Sea Ernest H ...

   pechmerle in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Oct 29, 2006, 2:39am)

   ... hand -- there are times when I am quite happy to sink into a long book and not emerge until weeks or even months later. Middlemarch was like that for me; I didn't want it to end. (I know there are others, particularly posters to this group, who hated it.) Maybe it had something do with my ...

   avaland in Girlybooks : Favorite Heroine? (Oct 20, 2006, 5:40pm)

   ... Thank the bookgods that some womynly life has been blown into the genre... Becky Sharp (of Vanity Fair or Dorathea in Middlemarch are some favs, although the heroines who spoke most powerfully to me (and haunt me to this day) were of a different ilk - Lara in Dr. Zhivago, Offred in Handm ...

   Phethean in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 7 Oct 2006 (Oct 8, 2006, 3:37pm)

   I am reading Middlemore by Judith Lennox and thoroughly enjoying it. This author never fails to delight me with her simple English.

   pechmerle in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Oct 7, 2006, 2:27am)

   ... if picked up at just the right time (by age, or my mood, or where I'm located geographically). This happened with Eliot's Middlemarch; somehow I happened on the story of Dr. Lydgate's struggle for a meaningful career at just the right moment in the arc of my own life. Other thoughts on what ...

   Dene in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Oct 1, 2006, 1:05pm)

   Took me many tries before I finally got through Middlemarch. It could win a special award for top ten tedious books. I decided to spare myself Nostromo and Magister Ludi after 6 or 7 runs at each. The next step would have been self flagellation.

   jvd001 in What Are You Reading Now? : Middlemarch (Sep 29, 2006, 4:37pm)

   Someone whose judgment I ordinarily respect recently urged me to read George Eliot's Middlemarch. I'm finding it tough sledding since I am so accustomed to the representational development of characters. I respect where she's going, but does she have to announce her destination so loudly and ...

   BoPeep in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Aug 15, 2006, 12:16pm)

   Heh. I figure I've got at least another 30 years to come back to Middlemarch in, so I'm in no rush. :) (I do like Eliot generally, never fear. Silas Marner is a favourite.)

   BoPeep in Awful Lit. : Awful Classics? (Aug 11, 2006, 7:39pm)

   Middlemarch That book has scarred my life. One day - I am an optimist at heart - I will pick it up and not want to throw it across the room after 30 pages. But not yet. (I've actually read it all the way through, and written essays on it. But it was like pulling teeth with rusty pliers.)

   lesezeichen in 18th-19th Century Britain : 18th-19th Century Britain Message Board (Aug 6, 2006, 2:41am)

   ... with P&P of course). But there are so many good ones, other favourites include Bleak House (by Charles Dickens), Middlemarch (by George Eliot), Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell) and Our Mutual Friend) also by Dickens...